Acta Cryst. (2006). E62, o2603-o2605  [ doi:10.1107/S160053680602040X ]

1-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)butan-1-one

B. Xu, Z.-Q. Feng, J.-T. Wang, L.-G. Hu and J. Huang

Abstract: The title compound, C₁₀H₁₂O₂, was synthesized by the Fries rearrangement of phenyl butyrate. There are two independent molecules in the asymmetric unit, and all non-H atoms in each molecule are coplanar, with r.m.s. deviations of 0.050 and 0.024 Å. In the crystal structure, each molecule is linked to symmetry-equivalent molecules by O-HO hydrogen bonds to form chains along the a axis.

Online 9 June 2006

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