title: Triphenyl-methyl benzoate.
abstract: The title compound, C(26)H(20)O(2), has long been known, but was not structurally characterized until now. It adopts the Z conformation and the atoms comprising the ester linkage are essentially coplanar (r.m.s. deviation of 0.0234 Å). The acyl C-O bond length of 1.470 (2) Å falls within the normal range seen for esters of tertiary alcohols and is below the value of 1.496 Å found in tri-tert-butyl-methyl 4-nitro-benzoate.
authors.forename: Richard E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Sykora
authors.forename: Lane
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: Greg T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Spyridis