title: 4'-Fluoro-2'-hydroxy-acetophenone.
abstract: The title compound, C(8)H(7)FO(2), crystallizes as discrete mol-ecules, the conformation of which may be influenced by an intra-molecular hydr-oxy-carbonyl O-H⋯O hydrogen bond.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Mohd Razali
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Rizal
authors.forename: Seik Weng
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Ng