2,6-Dibromo-4-(2-hy­droxy­eth­yl)phenol

The title compound, C(8)H(8)Br(2)O(2), crystallized with two independent mol­ecules (A and B) in the asymmetric unit. They differ in the conformation of the 2-hy­droxy­ethyl chain with the C—C—C—O torsion angle being −68.0 (12)° in mol­ecule A and 172.2 (9)° in mol­ecule B. In the crystal, the A mol­ecules are linked via pairs of O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming inversion dimers, while the B mol­ecules are linked via an O—H⋯O hydrogen bond, forming a polymeric chain propagating in [010]. In addition, there are O—H⋯O and O—H⋯Br hydrogen bonds, and Br⋯Br [3.599 (2) Å] and π–π inter­actions [centroid–centroid distances = 3.581 (6) and 3.931 (6) Å], leading to the formation of a two-dimensional network parallel to (001).