title: 5-Bromo-2-hy-droxy-benzonitrile.
abstract: The title compound, C(7)H(4)BrNO, crystallizes with two mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit. The two molecules exhibit nearly linear C-C N nitrile bond angles of 179.1 (4) and 177.1 (4)°. In the crystal, the mol-ecules are linked into a one-dimensional hydrogen-bonded chain by inter-actions between the phenol H atom and the nitrile N atom [N⋯O = 2.805 (4) and 2.810 (4) Å].
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604,  USA.
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Joseph M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Tanski