Nelson Mandela University, Summerstrand Campus, Department of Chemistry, University Way, Summerstrand, PO Box 77000, Port Elizabeth, 6031, South Africa
Eric Cyriel Hosten
Nelson Mandela University, Summerstrand Campus, Department of Chemistry, University Way, Summerstrand, PO Box 77000, Port Elizabeth, 6031, South Africa
Richard Betz
Nelson Mandela University, Summerstrand Campus, Department of Chemistry, University Way, Summerstrand, PO Box 77000, Port Elizabeth, 6031, South Africa
The title compound, C14H12O3, is an α-hydroxycarboxylic acid whose orthorhombic polymorph has been reported earlier [Qiu et al. (2007). Inorg. Chim. Acta, 360, 1819–1824]. The asymmetric unit contains two complete molecules. Classical hydrogen bonds, as well as C—H...O contacts, connect the molecules to infinite chains along the crystallographic c-axis direction.
