Unusually long bonds or short intermolecular contacts occur in the title compounds reminiscent of pancake bonding. Pancake bonding interactions seem analogous to π-stacking interactions, but they display much shorter contact distances than normally seen in van der Waals (vdW) dimers.

Dap. And will I tell then! By this hand of flesh, Would it might never write good courthand more, If discover. What do you think of me, That I am a chiaus? Face. What’s that? Dap. The Turk was, here― As one would say, do you think I am a Turk? Face. I’ll tell the doctor so. Dap. Do, good sweet captain.

Ku Ts'ai, who was a friend of the famous dramatist K'ung Shang-jen (1648-1718),³ happened to be visiting Ho-feng in western Hupeh in 1703 and describes how the people there celebrated the feastday of Kuan-kung in one part of the city.

Richard and I communicated by cell phone, numerous emails and via fax to make sure the construction of our minisubdivision project went smoothly, too.