Aumiller W D, Gerkin R E
Department of Chemistry, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA.
Acta Crystallogr C. 1997 Jun 15;53 ( Pt 6):769-71. doi: 10.1107/s0108270197001108.
Anthracene-1,8-dimethanol, C16H14O2, crystallized in the centrosymmetric space group P21/n. The anthracene core is nearly planar and shows good agreement with the anthracene core of anthracene-1,8-dicarboxylic acid. The geometric disposition of the hydroxymethyl groups and the values of the hydrogen-bond parameters are strikingly similar to those in the naphthalene analog. As in that structure, each hydroxyl group participates both as a donor and acceptor in an infinite zigzag chain of hydrogen bonds which propagates along the [010] direction. Moreover, the disposition of the entire molecule in the cell of the present compound is also strikingly similar to that of the naphthalene analog in its cell.
