4-(4-Methoxyphenyl)-2-methylbut-3-yn-2-ol

The molecular structure of the title compound, C12H14O2, features a nearly coplanar arrangement including the aromatic ring, the C equivalent to C-C group and the ether O atom. The maximum deviation from the least-squares plane of these ten atoms is 0.0787 (8) angstrom for the ether O atom. In the crystal, molecules are connected via O-H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bonds (involving the hydroxy O atom both as hydrogen-bond donor and acceptor) and weaker (aryl) C-H center dot center dot center dot pi(aryl) contacts, leading to the formation of strands running parallel to the b axis. Further stabilization results from weaker (methyl)C-H center dot center dot center dot pi(acetyl-(acetylene) interactions between different strands.