Crystal structure of di­methyl 3,4,5,6-tetra­phenyl­cyclo­hexa-3,5-diene-1,2-di­carboxyl­ate

In the title compound, C34H28O4, the cyclo­hexa­diene ring has a screw-boat conformation with a torsion angle between the double bonds being on average ca 15° [15.2 (3) and −15.3 (3) in the two independent mol­ecules]. All four phenyl rings in both mol­ecules are arranged in a propeller-like conformation. The two mol­ecules exhibit S,R- and R,S- chirality, respectively, and are connected via C—H⋯O inter­molecular inter­actions. In turn, these weakly bound dimers form the mol­ecular crystal.