organic compounds
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In the title compound, C16H14O4, the benzene rings are inclined to one another by 4.91 (7)°. The conformation about the C=O and C=C bonds is trans and cis, respectively. In the crystal, molecules are linked by O—HO hydrogen bonds, forming inversion dimers with an R22(14) ring motif. The dimers are linked via O—HO and C—HO hydrogen bonds, forming undulating two-dimensional networks lying parallel to (10-1). These networks are linked by further C—HO hydrogen bonds, forming a three-dimensional structure.