title: 4-(Imidazol-1-yl)benzoic acid.
abstract: In the title mol-ecule, C(10)H(8)N(2)O(2), the imidazole and benzene rings form a dihedral angle of 14.5 (1)°. In the crystal, inter-molecular O-H⋯N hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules into chains extending in [01], which are further linked into sheets parallel to (102) through weak C-H⋯O inter-actions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, People's Republic of China, and Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Materials Chemistry, Hefei 230039, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Wen-Qian
authors.initials: WQ
authors.lastname: Geng
authors.forename: Zhi-Chao
authors.initials: ZC
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Hong-Ping
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Zhou