9-(meta-tert-Butyl­phenyl)-9-fluorenol

The title compound, C₂₃H₂₂O, is composed of mol­ecules bonded into linear one-dimensional chains through O—H⋯π(fluorene) hydrogen bonds, each mol­ecule being both H-atom donor and acceptor. No O—H⋯O—H hydrogen bonding is exhibited, despite the reasonable donor–acceptor proximity [2.849 (3) Å]. The melted crystals failed to recryst­allize on cooling, but solution NMR showed that no decomposition had occurred during the melting.