title: (3,6-Dibromo-o-phenyl-ene)dimethanol.
abstract: The title compound, C(8)H(8)Br(2)O(2), was synthesized from the hydrolysis of 1,4-dibromo-2,3-bis-(bromo-meth-yl)benzene. One intra-molecular O-H⋯O and two intra-molecular C-H⋯Br inter-actions occur. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked into a chain running parallel to [010]. Adjacent chains are linked into a two-dimensional layer by a combination of inter-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds and C-H⋯π inter-actions.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Pesticides and Chemical Biology of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wei-Jian
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Xue