Abstract
The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C(18)H(26)O(5), which is known as α-zearalanol, contains two mol-ecules having the same conformation, with a r.m.s. deviation of less than 0.03 Å for all non-H atoms. In each independent mol-ecule, an intra-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bond stabilizes the mol-ecular conformation. In the crystal, O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules, forming infinite chains along [110] and [1-10].