4-{[4-(Hydroxymethyl)piperidin-1-yl]methyl}phenol

Abstract

In the title compound, C13H19NO2, the piperidine ring has a chair conformation with the exocyclic N—C bond in an equatorial position. In the crystal, molecules are linked head-to-tail by phenol O—H...O hydrogen bonds to hydroxymethylene O-atom acceptors, forming chains which extend along [100]. These chains form two-dimensional networks lying parallel to (101) through cyclic hydrogen-bonding associations [graph set R44(30)], involving hydroxy O—H donors and piperidine N-atom acceptors.