(S,S)-trans-2,3-Tetralindiol

Enantiomerically pure trans-2,3-tetralindiol [(R,R) or (S,S)-trans-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-2,3-naphthalenediol, C₁₀H₁₂O₂] crystallizes in a layered structure, with two independent molecules in the asymmetric unit and an unbalanced arrangement of hydrogen bonds. The hydroxyl groups of one molecule form normal, if somewhat long, hydrogen bonds, but one of the O atoms in the other molecule accepts two protons while the second accepts none. The four O...O distances range from 2.817 (3) to 2.921 (3) Å.

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