Methyl 3,5-bis(cyclo­hexyl­meth­oxy)benzoate

In the title compound, C(22)H(32)O(4), the atoms of the methyl ester group and the alk­oxy O atoms are all coplanar with the central aromatic ring, with an r.m.s. deviation of 0.008 Å. Bonds to the methyl­ene and cyclo­hexyl groups are also very close to this plane, so that the mol­ecule is essentially flat, apart from the cyclo­hexyl groups. The mean planes through the cyclo­hexyl groups are tilted by 30.08 (9) and 36.14 (7)° with respect to the central aromatic ring. In the crystal, pairs of mol­ecules linked by C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds form planar units which are stacked along the a axis, with an average inter­planar distance of 3.549 (2) Å. Stacking appears to be stabilized by further weak C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds.