“…The molecule of perchloro-p-xylene (PPX) has severe steric strain due to repulsion among the bulky C1 substituents, with short distances (mean value = 3.013 A) between the geminal Cl atoms C1(12) and Cl(13) land Cl(16) and C1 (17)] and the ring C1 atoms Cl(10) and C1(14) [and C1(15) and Cl (9)] respectively. Almost identical distances between C1 atoms at analogous locations have been found in perchlorobenzylidene-2,5-cyclohexadiene (Gall, Solans, Miravitlles & Plana, 1978), octachloronaphthalene (Gafner & Herbstein, 1963), perchloro-l,2,3-triphenylnaphthalene (Gall, Solans, MiravitUes, Font-Altaba & Armet, 1978), decachlorophenanthrene (Herbstein, Kapon & Merksamer, 1976), and decachloropyrene (Hazell & Jagner, 1976). These strains cause the C (2) 17832 (34) 68073 (32) 92748 (64) C(3) 14209 (37) 74885 (34) 92923 (68) C(4) 6613 (35) 76123 (31) 86580 (65) C(5) 1858 (34) 69903 (30) 84569 (60) C (6) 5466 (33) 63104 (28) 84255 (57) C (7) 18204 (33) 55262 (30) 82770 (6 I) C (8) 3387 (45) 83691 (32) 83524 (75) C1 (9) 26544 (10) 66868 (10) 102081 (24) El (10) 19031 (13) 81516 …”