title: 4,4'-[2,5-Bis(dodec-yloxy)-p-phenyl-ene]bis-(2-methyl-but-3-yn-2-ol).
abstract: In the title compound, C(40)H(66)O(4), the C and O atoms of the propinyl and dodecoxyl substituents are nearly coplanar with the benzene ring, 1.735 (6), 8.804 (1), 8.786 (1) and 9.577 (3)°, respectively. In the crystal, mol-ecules are connected by inter-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds.
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Wei
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zhong-Wei
authors.initials: ZW
authors.lastname: Gu