Crystal structure of [4-(chloro­meth­yl)phen­yl](4-hy­droxy­piperidin-1-yl)methanone

The title compound, C(13)H(16)ClNO(2), crystallized with two independent mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit (A and B). The piperidinol ring in mol­ecule B is disordered over two positions with a site occupancy ratio of 0.667 (5):0.333 (5). In both mol­ecules these rings have a chair conformation, including the minor component in mol­ecule B. Their mean planes are inclined to the benzene ring by 45.57 (13)° in mol­ecule A, and by 50.5 (4)° for the major component of the piperidine ring in mol­ecule B. In the crystal, the individual mol­ecules are linked by O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming chains of A and B mol­ecules along the [100] direction. The chains are inter­linked by C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming ribbons.