title: Tetra-O-4-methyl-phenyl-sulfonyl-penta-erythritol.
abstract: In the title mol-ecule (systematic name: methane-tetra-yltetra-methyl-ene tetra-p-toluene-sulfonate), C(33)H(36)O(12)S(4), the central C atom and the S atoms exhibit distorted tetra-hedral configurations. The aromatic rings in opposite arms are nearly parallel to each other, with a dihedral angle of 10.26 (8) or 3.45 (9)°. The mol-ecules are linked into a two-dimensional network parallel to the bc plane by weak C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, π-π [centroid-centroid distance = 3.5806 (12) Å] and S-O⋯π [O⋯centroid = 3.1455 (15) Å and S-O⋯centroid = 122.41 (7)°] inter-molecular inter-actions. Intramolecular C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds are also present.
authors.forename: Shu-Xian
authors.initials: SX
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Hoong-Kun
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Fun
authors.forename: Suchada
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chantrapromma