Acta Cryst. (2009). E65, o1018  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536809012987 ]

(1-Adamantyl)(4-aminophenyl)methanol

M. Rouchal, M. Necas and R. Vícha

Abstract: In the racemic crystal of the title compound, C₁₇H₂₃NO, enantiomers of the two crystallographically independent molecules are linked into face-to-face RSdimers via intermolecular O-HN hydrogen bonds and - interactions with centroid-centroid distances of 3.7610 (2) Å. The molecules adopt slightly different conformations and contain an adamantane cage consisting of three fused cyclohexane rings in almost ideal chair conformations, with C-C-C angles varying within the range 107.2 (4)-111.4 (4)°. In the hydrogen-bonded pair, the benzene rings are almost coplanar, the dihedral angle between them being 1.29 (13)°. The molecular packing in the crystal is stabilized by additional intermolecular N-HO hydrogen bonds.

Online 10 April 2009

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