Abstract: | The [2.2]paracyclophane groups of the title compounds, chiral and meso‐bis(tricyclo[8.2.2.24,7]hexadeca‐4,6,10,12,13,15‐hexaen‐5‐yl)methane (the former as a racemate), C33H32, and meso‐bis(tricyclo[8.2.2.24,7]hexadeca‐4,6,10,12,13,15‐hexaen‐5‐yl) sulfide, C32H30S, show the characteristic structural features of the parent compound [2.2]paracyclophane and the related compound dimethylbis([2.2]paracyclophan‐4‐yl)silane, C34H36Si: the aromatic rings are puckered, resulting in a boat conformation. The planes of the four coplanar C atoms are slightly twisted with respect to each other. The Csp3—Csp3 bond lengths of the ethylene bridges are elongated by the electronic and steric effects of the skeleton. |