Methyl 6-dimethylamino-4-hydroxy-2-naphthoate

Abstract

In the title compound, C14H15NO3, the ester group is oriented so that the carbonyl group points in the opposite direction to the hydroxy group. The molecule as a whole is almost planar (the r.m.s. deviation of the non-H atoms is 0.0268 Å). In the crystal, molecules are linked by intermolecular O—H...O hydrogen bonds into infinite chains that propagate parallel to the c axis.