title: 4-Hydr-oxy-4,4-diphenyl-butan-2-one.
abstract: The mol-ecules of the title compound, C(16)H(16)O(2), display an intra-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bond between the hydroxyl donor and the ketone acceptor. Inter-molecular C-H⋯π inter-actions connect adjacent mol-ecules into chains that propagate parallel to the ac diagonal. The chains are arranged in sheets, and mol-ecules in adjacent sheets inter-act via inter-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds.
authors.affiliation: School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George St, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia.
authors.forename: Dennis P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: McMurtrie