3-(4-Pyrid-yl)benzoic acid
1Department of Biology, Dezhou University, Dezhou Shandong 253023, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
The mol-ecule of the title compound, C(12)H(9)NO(2), is not planar, the benzene and pyridine rings making a dihedral angle of 32.14 (7)°. The carb-oxy group is slightly twisted with respect to the benzene ring by 11.95 (10)°. In the crystal structure, inter-molecular O-H⋯N hydrogen bonds link neighboring mol-ecules into infinite chains along the c axis.
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