2-Hy-droxy-N-(4-methyl-phen-yl)benzamide.

In the crystal structure of the title compound, C(14)H(13)NO(2), the mol-ecules are approximately planar, the r.m.s. deviation for all non-H atoms being 0.0435 Å; the dihedral angle between the two rings is 3.45 (12)°. The planarity is accounted for in terms of the presence of intra-molecular N-H⋯O and C-H⋯O hydrogen bonding, each of which completes an S(6) ring motif. The mol-ecules are stabilized in the form of supra-molecular chains extending along the crystallographic c axis due to inter-molecular O-H⋯O and C-H⋯O hydrogen bonding; each type leads to an R(2) (1)(6) ring motif.