The crystal structure, Hirshfeld surface analysis and energy frameworks of 2-[2-(meth-oxy-carbon-yl)-3,6-bis-(meth-oxy-meth-oxy)phen-yl]acetic acid.

In the title compound, C14H18O8, (I), the meth-oxy-carbonyl [-C(=O)OCH3] and the acetic acid [-CH2C(=O)OH] groups are inclined to the benzene ring by 79.24 (11) and 76.71 (13)°, respectively, and are normal to each other with a dihedral angle of 90.00 (13)°. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked by a pair of O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds forming the familiar acetic acid inversion dimer. The dimers are linked by two C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds and an offset π-π inter-action [inter-centroid distance = 3.6405 (14) Å], forming layers lying parallel to the (10) plane. The layers are linked by a third C-H⋯O hydrogen bond and a C-H⋯π inter-action to form a supra-molecular framework.