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organic compounds
The six-membered ring of the title compound, C10H16O2. 0.12C4H10O, exhibits a chair conformation with the hydroxy, methyl and isopropenyl groups in equatorial positions. In the crystal, hydrogen bonds join the molecules into one-dimensional cooperative chains with the O atoms of the hydroxy groups acting as donors and acceptors. The empty space between these chains is occupied with disordered diethyl ether molecules from the solvent.