Pyridine-2-carboximidamidate chloride monohydrate

Abstract

The title compound, C6H8N3+·Cl−·H2O, crystallizes with three formula units in the asymmetric unit. The cations are non-planar with the –C(NH2)2 groups twisted out of the ring planes. Each pyridine carboximidamidate cation is linked to another cation through N—H...N hydrogen bonds, to chloride ions by N—H...Cl hydrogen bonds, and to water molecules by N—H...O hydrogen bonds. Water molecules and chloride ions are also linked together via O—H...Cl hydrogen bonds. In the crystal, all these intermolecular interactions result in a three-dimensional network.