To determine the overall reaction outcome, three experimental characterisation techniques were selected: turbidity, 1 H NMR spectroscopy, and HRMS. These characterisation methods were chosen to each give different information about the reaction and were used in conjunction to best determine the reaction outcome. For example, the turbidity data gave an indication of the type of species formed, where any observed precipitation was assumed to suggest the presence of insoluble oligomeric or polymeric side-products -a homogenous reaction mixture was targeted through a low overall concentration to ensure promotion of the 'error-correction' mechanism of the DCC reaction, where full equilibration of the dynamic system can occur to the thermodynamic product or mixture in solution. Next, 1 H NMR spectroscopy allowed us to assess the reaction conversion, and the use of HRMS identified if a cage formed, alongside which topology.