Diethyl 4,4'-{[1,2-phenyl-enebis(methyl-ene)]bis-(-oxy)}dibenzoate.

The title compound, C26H26O6, consists of two methyl-ene(-oxy)ethyl-benzoate moieties in ortho position to a phenyl ring. The central phenyl ring is almost coplanar with one of the ethyl-benzoate fragments, which guarantees an electron delocalization within the mol-ecule, while it forms a dihedral angle of 57.4 (2)° with the other. This conformation is likely dictated by packing requirements.