Author:
Dasi Lukhanyo,Hosten Eric Cyriel,Betz Richard
Abstract
The title compound (systematic name: rac-2-hydroxy-3-methylbutanoic acid), C5H10O3, is the constitutional isomer of α-hydroxybutanoic acid. In the crystal, hydrogen bonds involving the alcoholic hydroxyl group give rise to centrosymmetric dimers that are extended to sheets perpendicular to the crystallographic c axis.
Publisher
International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)