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. 2013 Jun 26;69(Pt 7):o1151.
doi: 10.1107/S160053681301636X. eCollection 2013.

(1H-Imidazol-4-yl)methanol

Marisa B Sanders  1 , John C Farrokh, Joseph Hardie, Benny C Chan
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(1H-Imidazol-4-yl)methanol

Marisa B Sanders et al. Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online. .

Abstract

The title compound, C4H6N2O, displays two predominant hydrogen-bonding inter-actions in the crystal structure. The first is between the unprotonated imidazole N atom of one mol-ecule and the hy-droxy H atom of an adjacent mol-ecule. The second is between the hy-droxy O atom of one mol-ecule and the imidazole N-H group of a corresponding mol-ecule. These inter-actions lead to the formation of a two-dimnensional network parallel to (10-1). C-H⋯O inter-actions also occur.

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Figures

Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
Thermal ellipsoid plot at 50% probability.
Fig. 2.
Fig. 2.
The title structure is stabilized by hydrogen bonds between N1' and H1, which each measure 1.985 (8) Å. Oxygen atoms are shown in red, carbon atoms in black, hydrogen atoms in pink, and nitrogen atoms in blue.
Fig. 3.
Fig. 3.
Hydrogen bonding between the oxygen (O1") on the hydroxyl group of one molecule and the hydrogen (H2) bonded to a nitrogen (N2) on the imidazole ring of a corresponding molecule measures 1.921 (1) Å.
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