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organic compounds
In the solid state, the title compound, C38H44O8, adopts a cone conformation, which is somewhat distorted. The cone conformation is also observed by NMR spectroscopy in solution. The distortion consists of a major inward tilt of the two opposite phenolic rings, permitting hydrogen bonding to the ether substituents.