title: 4-Fluoro-N-(4-hy-droxy-benzyl-idene)aniline.
abstract: In the title compound, C13H10FNO, the benzene ring planes are inclined at an angle of 50.52 (8)°. A characteristic of aromatic Schiff bases with N-aryl substituents is that the terminal phenyl rings are twisted relative to the plane of the HC=N link between them. In this case, the HC=N unit makes dihedral angles of 10.6 (2) and 40.5 (2)° with the hy-droxy-benzene and fluro-benzene rings, respectively. In the crystal, O-H⋯N and C-H⋯F hydrogen bonds lead to the formation of chains along the c- and b-axis directions, respectively. C-H⋯π contacts link mol-ecules along a and these contacts combine to generate a three-dimensional network with mol-ecules stacked along the b-axis direction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, NKR Government Arts College for Women, Namakkal -1, India.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jothi
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Kunthavai Naachiar Government Arts College (W) (Autonomous), Thanjavur-7, India.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Anuradha
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Kunthavai Naachiar Government Arts College (W) (Autonomous), Thanjavur-7, India.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vasuki
authors.affiliation: Crystal Growth and Thin Film Laboratory, School of Physics, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 24, India.
authors.forename: R Ramesh
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Babu
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Nanotechnology, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, SRM University, Kattankulathur, Kanchipuram 603 203, India.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ramamurthi
keywords: crystal structure