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organic compounds
The title compound (C10H6O3) crystallizes with two molecules per asymmetric unit. In both molecules, the naphthoquinone ring system is approximately planar with the hydroxyl H atoms located in the plane. The crystal packing shows the molecules assembled in infinite linear chains by means of O-HO hydrogen bonds between alternating independent molecules.