5,5'-Di-tert-butyl-2,2'-dihydroxy-3,3'-methylenedibenzaldehyde and 6,6'-di-tert-butyl-8,8'-methylenebis(spiro[4H-1,3-benzodioxin-2,1'-cyclohexane]).

Two related compounds containing p-tert-butyl-o-methylene-linked phenol or phenol-derived subunits are described, namely 5,5'-di-tert-butyl-2,2'-dihydroxy-3,3'-methylenedibenzaldehyde, C(23)H(28)O(4), (I), and 6,6'-di-tert-butyl-8,8'-methylenebis(spiro[4H-1,3-benzodioxin-2,1'-cyclohexane]), C(35)H(48)O(4), (II). Both compounds adopt a 'butterfly' shape, with the two phenol or phenol-derived O atoms in distal positions. Phenol and aldehyde groups in (I) are involved in intramolecular hydrogen bonds and the two dioxin rings in (II) are in distorted half-chair conformations.