A cyclic ester. Intramolecular alcohol-to-carbonyl attack followed by elimination can close a lactone ring.
A benzene-fused five-membered lactone containing a gem-dimethyl-substituted saturated ring carbon. It can result from double methyl addition to one carbonyl of dimethyl phthalate followed by ring closure.

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