title: 4-(2-Benzoyl-ethyl)benzoic acid.
abstract: The title compound, C(16)H(14)O(3), adopts a conformation in which each functional group is almost coplanar with its adjacent ring, while the two aromatic rings are twisted with respect to one another with a dihedral angle of 78.51 (3)°. The compound dimerizes by standard centrosymmetric hydrogen-bonded carboxyl pairing [O⋯O = 2.6218 (11) Å and O-H⋯O = 176 (2)°]. The packing includes two inter-molecular C-H⋯O close contacts with the ketone group.
authors.affiliation: Carl A. Olson Memorial Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 07102, USA.
authors.forename: Roger A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Lalancette
authors.forename: Hugh W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Thompson