| Summary: | The title structure, C12H9N2+·C4H5O6−·3H2O, shows that one of the protons of d-tartaric acid has been transferred to 1,10-phenanthroline. The d-hydrogen tartrate anions are joined together in a head-to-tail fashion via a short hydrogen bond with donor–acceptor distance of 2.4554 (12) Å, unsymmetrical O—H distances of 1.01 (4) Å and 1.45 (4) Å, and a 174 (4)° O—H—O bond angle. The phenanthrolinium rings are π-stacked with an average separation of 3.58 (11) Å. The structural report corrects a previous report in the literature [Wang et al. (2006). Acta Cryst. E62, o2508–o2509] of the isostructural l-hydrogen tartrate enantiomer in which the proton transfer and short hydrogen bond were missed.
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