XATETRACYCLO[7.6.1.0(1,11).0(4,9)]HEXA-DECAN-11-OL

The crystal structure of the title compound, C14H22O3, consists of ind ependent molecules in each of which three six-membered rings and a fiv e-membered ring are fused together. All the six-membered rings display chair conformations, while the five-membered ring has an envelope con formation. The molecular dimensions are normal with mean bond distance s C-sp3-C-sp3 1.523(10) and C-sp3-O 1.44(2) Angstrom. Pairs of molecul es lying about inversion centers are linked by O-H ... O hydrogen bond s [O ... O 2.806 (3) Angstrom].