2-Hydroxyethyl 4-hydroxybenzoate

Abstract

In the title compound, C9H10O4, the dihedral angle between the benzene ring and the –CO2 unit is 11.93 (8)° and the conformation of the 2-hydroxyethyl side chain is gauche [O—C—C—O = −71.91 (17)°]. In the crystal, molecules are linked by O—H...O and C—H...O hydrogen bonds.