(1H-Imidazol-4-yl)methanol

The title compound, C₄H₆N₂O, displays two predominant hydrogen-bonding inter­actions in the crystal structure. The first is between the unprotonated imidazole N atom of one mol­ecule and the hy­droxy H atom of an adjacent mol­ecule. The second is between the hy­droxy O atom of one mol­ecule and the imidazole N—H group of a corresponding mol­ecule. These inter­actions lead to the formation of a two-dimnensional network parallel to (10-1). C—H...O inter­actions also occur.