title: 3-(3-Chloro-benz-yl)-1H-isochromen-1-one.
abstract: The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C(16)H(11)ClO(2), a chemically synthesized isocoumarin, contains three independent mol-ecules. The benzopyran and benzene rings are approximately perpendicular to each other, forming dihedral angles ranging from 83.08 (14) to 87.43 (11)°. In the crystal structure, mol-ecules are linked by inter-molecular C-H⋯O hydrogen-bonding inter-actions, forming chains running parallel to the a axis.
authors.forename: Obaid-Ur-Rehman
authors.initials: OU
authors.lastname: Abid
authors.forename: Ghulam
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Qadeer
authors.forename: Nasim Hasan
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Rama
authors.forename: Ales
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ruzicka
authors.forename: Zdenka
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Padelkova