The title compound, C21H16O2, was isolated from the reaction of 1-(2-methoxyethoxy)-1-vinylcyclopropane, 4-ethynylbiphenyl, and CO in a [5 + 1 + 2 + 1] cycloaddition reaction catalysed by [Rh(CO)2Cl]2. The crystals precipitated directly from the crude reaction mixture. A hydrogen-bonding framework between the hydroxy and carbonyl groups of a symmetry-related neighbour connects the molecules into chains running parallel to the crystallographic c axis. A minor non-merohedral twin component was included in the refinement.
