Molecules of the title compound, dimethyl N,N'-(1,4-benzenedicarboxamido)di
acetate, C14H16N2O6, lie on inversion centres and are hydrogen bonded along
a single direction that runs parallel to the crystallographic b axis. Glyc
ine residues adopt a conformation which deviates slightly from that charact
eristic of the polyglycine II structure. An angle close to 27 degrees is fo
und between the planar amide groups and the plane of the aromatic ring.