title: 2-(Dibromo-meth-yl)benzoic acid.
abstract: In the crystal structure of the title compound, C(8)H(6)Br(2)O(2), the carboxyl groups are involved in pairs of O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, which link the mol-ecules into inversion dimers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Feng Chia University, 40724 Taichung,  Taiwan.
authors.forename: Hong-Yi
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Sin-Kai
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Kew-Yu
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Chen