1,3,5-Tri-p-tolylpentane-1,5-diol

Abstract

In the title compound, C26H30O2, the central benzene ring forms dihedral angles of 14.85 (15) and 28.17 (14)° with the terminal benzene rings. The dihedral angle between the terminal benzene rings is 32.14 (13)°. The crystal packing exhibits two strong intermolecular O—H...O hydrogen bonds, forming directed four-membered co-operative rings. A region of disordered electron density, most probably disordered ethyl acetate solvent molecules, occupying voids ofca519 Å3for an electron count of 59, was treated using the SQUEEZE routine inPLATON[Spek (2009).Acta Cryst.D65, 148–155]. Their formula mass and unit-cell characteristics were not taken into account during refinement. The structure was refined as an inversion twin [absolute structure parameter = −0.3 (4)].