Methyl 8-Hydroxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene-5-carboxylate

All non-H atoms in the two identical molecules of the title compound, C₁₂H₁₄O₃, lie on a crystallographic mirror plane, except for C2 and C3, which lie equally above and below the plane by approximately 0.4 Å. Intermolecular hydrogen bonds between the phenol group and the carboxylate O atom link the molecules into chains which lie along the a axis.

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