title: tert-Butyl 2-methyl-2-(4-methyl-benzo-yl)propanoate.
abstract: The title compound, C(16)H(22)O(3), is bent with a dihedral angle of 75.3 (1)° between the mean planes of the benzene ring and a group encompassing the ester functionality (O=C-O-C). In the crystal, the mol-ecules are linked into infinite chains held together by weak C-H⋯O hydrogen-bonded inter-actions between an H atom on the benzene ring of one mol-ecule and an O atom on the ketone functionality of an adjacent mol-ecule. The chains are arranged with neighbouring tert-butyl and dimethyl groups on adjacent chains exhibiting hydro-phobic stacking, with short C-H⋯H-C contacts (2.37 Å) between adjacent chains.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, 1400 Townsend Drive, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931, USA.
authors.forename: Graham B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Gould
authors.forename: Brock G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Jackman
authors.forename: Marshall W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Logue
authors.forename: Rudy L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Luck
authors.forename: Louis R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Pignotti
authors.forename: Adrian R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Nicholas M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: White