2-(2,3,5,6-Tetra-fluoro-4-iodo-anilino)-ethanol.

The reaction of 2-amino-ethanol and iodo-penta-fluoro-benzene in the presence of K(2)CO(3) gave the title compound, C(8)H(6)F(4)INO, in high yield. The structure is characterized by double layers of mol-ecules linked by O-H⋯O and N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, and linear C-I⋯F [I⋯F = 3.049†(2)†à ] and bent C-I⋯I [I⋯I = 3.9388†(7)†à ] inter-actions between pairs of nearly parallel iodo-tetra-fluoro-phenyl groups. No O⋯I or N⋯I halogen bonding is found.