organic compounds
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In the title compound, C15H10O2, a 3-phenyl derivative of the coumarin (also known as 2H-chromen-2-one or 2H-1-benzopyran-2-one) scaffold, the Cp-Cp-Cc-Cc torsion angle between the coumarin (c) ring system and the phenyl (p) ring is -47.6 (2)°.