3-(4-Acetylphenyliminomethyl)-1,2-Dihydroxy-benzene

Abstract

The molecule of the title compound, C<inf>15</inf>H<inf>13</inf>NO <inf>3</inf>, is not planar and the dihedral angle between the planes of the two aromatic rings is 53.93 (7)°. The molecule exists in the crystal structure in the phenol-imine tautomeric form and has two 'active' H atoms, which participate in strong intramolecular O-H⋯N and O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds. One of the H atoms is also involved in an intermolecular hydrogen bond, which links the molecules into centrosymmetric dimers. © 2004 International Union of Crystallography Printed in Great Britain - all rights reserved.