title: 2-(6-Methyl-2-pyrid-yl)-1,1-diphenyl-ethanol.
abstract: The title compound, C(20)H(19)NO, was prepared from 2,6-lutidine and benzophenone. There are two symmetry-independent mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit. Each mol-ecule is involved in one intra-molecular O-H⋯N hydrogen bond. In the crystal structure, helical chains are formed along the b axis by weak π-π inter-actions between neighbouring mol-ecules [centroid-centroid distances between the pyridyl rings of the two independent mol-ecules = 4.041 (3) and 4.051 (3) Å].
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210097, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Wei-Jin
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Bing-Xiang
authors.initials: BX
authors.lastname: Wang