2-Formyl-3-hydroxy-9,10-anthroquinone

The molecule of the title compound, C15H8O4, is approximately planar. An intramolecular O—H...O hydrogen bond is observed between the hydroxy and formyl groups. The crystal used was a nonmerohedral twin, with a minor twin component of 15.9%.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Che Puteh Osman, Khalijah Awang, Sri Nurestri Abdul Malek, Seik Weng Ng, Nor Hadiani Ismail
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Union of Crystallography 2008-11-01
Series:Acta Crystallographica Section E
Online Access:http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536808032224