6‐Hydroxy‐2,2‐di­methyl‐3,4‐di­hydro‐2H‐benzo[b]pyran

The title compound, 2,2‐di­methyl­chroman‐6‐ol, C₁₁H₁₄O₂, has been identified as a side product from the condensation of hydro­quinone with 2‐methyl­but‐3‐en‐2‐ol. The pyran ring has a half‐chair conformation. The hydroxyl groups are involved in intermolecular hydrogen bonding which generates infinite spiral chains around the fourfold screw axes; the O?O hydrogen‐bonded distances are 2.661 (1) Å.