Acta Crystallographica Section E (Feb 2011)

[1-(Carboxymethyl)cyclohexyl]methanaminium nitrate

  • Elise J. C. de Vries,
  • Caryn Gamble,
  • Ahmed Shaikjee

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536811001267
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 67, no. 2
pp. o513 – o513

Abstract

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The title compound, C9H18NO2+·NO3−, is an anhydrous nitrate salt of gabapentin, which is formed serendipitously in the presence of selected non-coordinating metals. The crystal structure involves extensive hydrogen bonding between the –NH3+ and –COOH groups and the nitrate anion.