Methyl 4-benzyloxy-2-hydroxybenzoate

Abstract

In the title compound, C15H14O4, the dihedral angle between the benzene rings is 67.18 (8)°. The Ca—Cm—O—Ca (a = aromatic and m = methylene) torsion angle is 172.6 (3)° and an intramolecular O—H...O hydrogen bond generates an S(6) ring. In the crystal, molecules are linked by C—H...O hydrogen bonds into zigzag chains propagating in [001] and C—H...π interactions also occur.