“…3 Ethyl 2 [(1E,3E) 4(2,3,5,6,8,9,11,12 octahydro 1,7,13,4,10 benzotrioxadithiacyclopentadecyn 15 yl) 1,3 butadienyl] 1,3 benzothiazolium perchlorate (2a) and 3 ethyl 2 [ ( 1 E , 3 E ) 4 ( 2 , 3 , 5 , 6 , 8 , 9 , 1 1 , 1 2 , 1 4 , 1 5 d e c a h y d r o 1,7,10,16,4,13 benzotetraoxadithiacyclooctadecyn 18 yl) 1,3 butadienyl] 1,3 benzothiazolium perchlorate (2b) were prepared by condensation of the corresponding dithiacrown containing cinnamaldehydes 21 with 3 ethyl 2 methylbenzothiazolium per chlorate in ethanol. The synthesis will be described in de tail elsewhere.…”