[3-Hy-droxy-methyl-1,4-bis-(4-methyl-phen-yl)naphthalen-2-yl]methanol

• Published in: Acta crystallographica. Section E, Structure reports online Vol. 67; no. Pt 4; p. o931
• Main Authors: Narayanan, P, Sethusankar, K, Nandakumar, Meganathan, Mohanakrishnan, Arasambattu K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States International Union of Crystallography 01.04.2011
• Subjects: Organic Papers
• ISSN: 1600-5368; 1600-5368
• DOI: 10.1107/S160053681100986X

In the title compound, C(26)H(24)O(2), the crowded naphthalene ring system is essentially planar [maximum deviation of 0.027 (2) Å for one of the C atoms of the unsubstituted ring]. In the crystal, mol-ecules are connected by O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds into chains along the a axis. Pairs of the oppositely oriented chains are further cross-linked by O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming infinte bands of alternating R(4) (4)(8) dimers and R(2) (2)(14) motifs.