Acta Cryst. (2012). E68, o580  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536812003716 ]

2-(Biphenyl-4-yl)propan-2-ol

E. Modau, D. C. Liles and P. H. van Rooyen

Abstract: The title compound, C₁₅H₁₆O, crystallizes with two independent molecules in the asymmetric unit. Due to the space-group symmetry, this results in the formation of a tetramer where the four molecules are connected by O-HO hydrogen bonds. The molecules pack parallel to the c axis. Both molecules in the asymmetric unit are nonplanar and the dihedral angles between connected aromatic rings in each molecule are 7.96 (12) and 9.75 (13)°. This contrasts with the gas phase density functional theory (DFT) optimized conformation, where this dihedral angle is 39.33°.

Online 4 February 2012

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