Acta Crystallographica Section E (Jun 2012)
2-Benzyl-3-hydroxy-3-methyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-1-one
Abstract
In the title compound, C16H15NO2, the isoindoline ring system is approximately planar (mean deviation = 0.0186 Å) and makes a dihedral angle of 61.91 (4)° with the phenyl ring. In the crystal, molecules form inversion dimers via pairs of O—H...O hydrogen bonds.
