237High dilution principle and its use as a synthetic tool has been widely recognised and was reviewed by Vögtle in 1991 [1]. Particularly cyclophane [2] and supramolecular chemistry [3] have gained a lot owing to the use of HD principle, in spite of the rather poor yields associated with its use. Another very useful synthetic tool, namely sulfone pyrolysis developed in late 1960's, has been of tremendous help in preparing highly strained (macro)cyclic compounds. Sulfone pyrolysis and its use as a synthesis method has been twice reviewed by Vögtle, first in 1979 [4] and then in 1991 [5]. The combination of these two methods into HD-SO 2 -method (High-dilution cyclisation reaction of a bis-bromide and a bis-thiol to a cyclic n membered bis-sulphide followed by oxidation to the corresponding cyclic bis-sulfone and subsequent extrusion of 2 moles of SO 2 under vacuum and elevated temperatures leading to a (n-2) membered cyclophane), has had a major impact on the synthesis of strained cyclophanes as shown by the pioneering work of Vögtle over more than three decades [6]. Professor Vögtle's impact on the HD-SO 2 -method has also materialised as inventions of specific equipment designed particularly for this type of synthetic work, these include high dilution apparatus [7] (Fig 1.) and ring oven apparatus for the vacuum pyrolysis of sulfones [8] (Fig. 2.).During our ten year collaboration with Professor Vögtle the use of the HD-and HD-SO 2 -method has successfully been employed to the synthesis of helically chiral cyclophanes, bicyclic compounds, extremely strained hydrocarbons, thiaand pyridinophanes and most recently concave hydrocarbon cyclophanes [9 -26].In p,p,p-cyclophane and claimed that it was the first member of a new class of compounds. Owing to its structure and complexation properties they proposed the name π-prismand for such hydrocarbon cyclophanes [28]. Further studies revealed that in the π-prismand-Ag + complex the silver ion is bonded not to the centre of the benzene ring but to edge of the cavity owing to a specific interaction with one carbon-carbon double bond in each phenyl moiety [29] ,m,m-, m,m,p-and m,p,p-cyclophane, the latter two being previously unknown. The complexation with silver triflate was studied for the m,m,p-and m,p,p-cyclophanes.