Crystal structure of N-(2-hy-droxy-5-methyl-phen-yl)benzamide.

In the title compound, C14H13NO2, the mean plane of the non-H atoms of the central amide fragment C-N-C(=O)-C (r.m.s. deviation = 0.029 Å) forms dihedral angles of 5.63 (6) and 10.20 (5)° with the phenyl and hy-droxy-phenyl rings, respectively. A short intra-molecular N-H⋯O contact is present. In the crystal, the mol-ecules are linked by O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds to generate C(7) chains along [100]. The chains are reinforced by weak C-H⋯O contacts, which together with the O-H⋯O bonds lead to R 2 (2)(7) loops. Very weak N-H⋯O inter-actions link the mol-ecules into inversion dimers.