Acta Cryst. (2013). E69, o51
[ doi:10.1107/S1600536812049501 ]

3-Hydroxy-1-(4-methoxybenzyl)piperidin-2-one

D. P. Pienaar, S. Khorasani, C. B. de Koning and J. P. Michael

Abstract: The title compound, C₁₃H₁₇NO₃, adopts a conformation in which the aromatic ring and the mean plane of the piperidine ring are almost perpendicular to each other [dihedral angle = 79.25 (6)°]. The presence of the carbonyl group alters the conformation of the piperidine ring from a chair to a twisted half-chair conformation. In the crystal, pairs of strong O-HO hydrogen bonds link the molecules into inversion dimers. Weak C-HO interactions extend the hydrogen-bonding network into three dimensions.

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