Pyrimidine-2-carboxamide

Abstract

In the crystal strucuture of the title compound, C5H5N3O, which was obtained upon recrystallization of 2-cyanopyrimidine from aqueous sodium hydroxide, the amide group is twisted with respect to the aromatic ring by 24.9 (1)°. π–π stacking is observed between partially overlapped rings at a face-to-face separation of 3.439 (6) Å. The structure features a centrosymmetric pair of intermolecular N—H...O hydrogen bonds. Another N—H...O hydrogen bond between adjacent molecules links them into a helical chain motif.