A new synthesis of the title compound, C19H21NO2, was developed with good yield and purity using the reaction of 4-hy-droxy-3-methyl-2-butanone, benzaldehyde and ammonium acetate in glacial acetic acid as a solvent. The central piperidine ring adopts a chair conformation, and its least-squares basal plane forms dihedral angles of 85.71 (11) and 77.27 (11)° with the terminal aromatic rings. In the crystal, the mol-ecules are linked by O-H⋯O and C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds into double ribbons. The Hirshfeld surface analysis shows that the most important contributions are from H⋯H (68%), C⋯H/H⋯C (19%) and O⋯H/H⋯O (12%) inter-actions.
Keywords: 4-hydroxy-3-methyl-2-butanone; Hirshfeld surface; ammonium acetate; benzaldehyde; crystal structure; hydrogen bonding; piperidone.
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