Melaminium hydrogen malonate

Abstract

The melaminium (2,4,6-triamino-1,3,5-triazin-1-ium) cation in the title compound, C3H7N6+·C3H3O4−, is essentially planar, with a r.m.s. deviation of the non-H atoms of 0.0085 Å. Extensive hydrogen bonding of the types N—H...N and N—H...O between cations and cations and between cations and hydrogen malonate (2-carboxyethanoate) anions leads to the formation of supramolecular layers parallel to (1-2-1). An intramolecular O—H...O hydrogen bond in the single deprotonated malonate anion also occurs.