Acta Cryst. (2001). E57, o1081-o1083  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536801017044 ]

2-Ethyl-2-(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-propanediol at 120 K: three hydrogen bonds generate a three-dimensional structure

C. M. Zakaria, J. N. Low and C. Glidewell

Abstract: Molecules of the title compound, C₂H₅C(CH₂OH)₃, are linked by three O-HO hydrogen bonds [HO, 1.87-1.90 Å; OO 2.704 (2)-2.719 (2) Å; O-HO, 164-174°] into a single three-dimensional framework. This framework is readily analysed in terms of parallel molecular ladders, generated by two of the hydrogen bonds, linked together by the third hydrogen bond.

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