title: 2-(Biphenyl-4-yl)propan-2-ol.
abstract: The title compound, C(15)H(16)O, crystallizes with two independent mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit. Due to the space-group symmetry, this results in the formation of a tetra-mer where the four mol-ecules are connected by O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds. The mol-ecules pack parallel to the c axis. Both mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit are nonplanar and the dihedral angles between connected aromatic rings in each mol-ecule are 7.96 (12) and 9.75 (13)°. This contrasts with the gas phase density functional theory (DFT) optimized conformation, where this dihedral angle is 39.33°.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield 0028,  South Africa.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Modau
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Liles
authors.forename: Petrus H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: van Rooyen