2,5-bis(methoxymethyl)-1,4-dioctyloxy-benzene

The title molecule, C26H46O4, has (1) over bar symmetry. The non-H atoms of the octyloxy and methoxymethyl chains are almost coplanar with the benzene ring. There are weak C-H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bonds and C-H center dot center dot center dot pi-ring interactions in the structure. The molecules are loosely packed in the structure. The unit-cell volume is 20% larger than is expected from the empirical rule pertinent to organic compounds, which states that the unit-cell volume (angstrom(3)) is approximately equal to the number of non-H atoms in the unit cell multiplied by 18.