title: 2-Hy-droxy-N-(2-hy-droxy-eth-yl)benzamide.
abstract: In the title compound, C(9)H(11)NO(3), a derivative of salicyl-amide, the intra-cyclic C-C-C angles span the range 117.96 (13)-121.56 (14)°. An intra-molecular O-H⋯O hydro-gen bond occurs. In the crystal, inter-molecular O-H⋯O and N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds occur and C-H⋯O contacts connect the mol-ecules into a three-dimensional network. The closest inter-centroid distance between two π-systems is 3.8809 (10) Å.
authors.affiliation: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Summerstrand Campus, Department of Chemistry, University Way, Summerstrand, PO Box 77000, Port Elizabeth 6031,  South Africa.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gerber
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hosten
authors.forename: Henk
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schalekamp
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