Adeninium perchlorate

Abstract

In the title salt (systematic name: 6-amino-9H-purin-1-ium perchlorate), C5H6N5+·ClO4−, the adeninium cation is essentially planar, with a maximum deviation of 0.038 (1) Å. The whole of the perchlorate anion is disordered over two sets of sites with an occupancy ratio of 0.589 (13):0.411 (13). In the crystal, the adeninium cations are linked by pairs of N—H...N hydrogen bond into inversion dimers. The dimers and the anions are further interconnected into a three-dimensional supramolecular structure via intermolecular N—H...O, C—H...O and C—H...N hydrogen bonds.