Acta Crystallographica Section E (May 2011)

1,3-Dihydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)propan-2-aminium formate

  • Guo-Bin Ren,
  • Ming-Hui Qi,
  • Jin-Yao Chen,
  • Kun-Yan Meng,
  • Jia-Liang Zhong

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536811015534
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 67, no. 5
pp. o1264 – o1264

Abstract

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The title compound, C4H12NO3+·CHO2−, was obtained from 1,3-dihydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)propan-2-aminium acetate and ethyl formate. In the crystal, the cations and anions are held together by intermolecular N—H...O and O—H...O hydrogen bonds.