title: Methyl 3',5'-dimeth-oxy-biphenyl-4-carboxyl-ate.
abstract: In the title compound, C16H16O4, the dihedral angle between the benzene rings is 28.9 (2)°. In the crystal, mol-ecules are packed in layers parallel to the b axis in which they are connected via weak inter-molecular C-H⋯O contacts. Face-to-face π-π inter-actions also exist between the benzene rings of adjacent mol-ecules, with centroid-centroid and plane-to-plane shift distances of 3.8597 (14) and 1.843 (2) Å, respectively.
authors.affiliation: University of Jyväskylä, Department of Chemistry, PO Box 35, FI-40014 JY, Finland.
authors.forename: Manu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lahtinen
authors.forename: Kalle
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nättinen
authors.forename: Sami
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nummelin