2-Benzyl-3-hy-droxy-3-methyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-1-one.
In the title compound, C(16)H(15)NO(2), the isoindoline ring system is approximately planar (mean deviation = 0.0186 Å) and makes a dihedral angle of 61.91 (4)° with the phenyl ring. In the crystal, mol-ecules form inversion dimers via pairs of O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds.
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049,  People's Republic of China.
Hong-Yao
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Wang
Jing-Kui
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Yang