--(4-Eth-oxy-phen-yl)-3-hy-droxy-butanamide.

In the title compound, racemic bucetin [systematic name: -(4-eth-oxy-phen-yl)-3-hydroxy-butanamide], CHNO, the mol-ecule is in an extended conformation as illustrated by the C-O-C-C torsion angle [170.14 (15)°] in the eth-oxy group and the subsequent C-N-C-C [-177.24 (16)°], N-C-C-C [170.