Acta Crystallographica Section E (Sep 2010)

5-(4-Hydroxybenzylidene)-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxane-4,6-dione

  • Wu-Lan Zeng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536810032149
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 66, no. 9
pp. o2319 – o2319

Abstract

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The title compound, C13H12O5, was prepared by the reaction of 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxane-4,6-dione and 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde in ethanol. The 1,3-dioxane ring is in a distorted boat conformation. In the crystal, inversion dimers linked by pairs of O—H...O hydrogen bonds generate R22(20) rings.