title: 1,8-bis(hydroxymethyl)anthracene.
abstract: Anthracene-1,8-dimethanol, C16H14O2, crystallized in the centrosymmetric space group P21/n. The anthracene core is nearly planar and shows good agreement with the anthracene core of anthracene-1,8-dicarboxylic acid. The geometric disposition of the hydroxymethyl groups and the values of the hydrogen-bond parameters are strikingly similar to those in the naphthalene analog. As in that structure, each hydroxyl group participates both as a donor and acceptor in an infinite zigzag chain of hydrogen bonds which propagates along the [010] direction. Moreover, the disposition of the entire molecule in the cell of the present compound is also strikingly similar to that of the naphthalene analog in its cell.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA.
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Aumiller
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Gerkin
mesh_terms: D000873:Anthracenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002627:Chemistry, Physical; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D000432:Methanol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D000873:Anthracenes; C106964:anthracene-1,8-dimethanol; D000432:Methanol