title: Diethyl 2-(triphenyl-meth-yl)malonate.
abstract: In the title compound, C(26)H(26)O(4), steric crowding of the Ph(3)C- group with the -CH(CO(2)Et)(2) unit leads to a long C-C bond [1.585 (2) Å]. One of the two ethyl groups is disordered over two sites in a 60:40 ratio.
authors.forename: Xian-You
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Seik Weng
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Ng