2-Amino-6-nitro-1H-benzoimidazol-3-ium chloride

• Main Authors: You-Sheng Chen, Kun Zhang, Su-Qing Zhao
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Union of Crystallography 2009-08-01
• Series: Acta Crystallographica Section E
• Online Access: http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536809027342
• ISSN: 1600-5368

In the cation of the title compound, C7H7N4O2+·Cl−, the benzimidazole ring system is planar with a maximum deviation of −0.019 (3) Å. In the crystal structure, C—H...Cl, N—H...Cl, and N—H...Cl interactions link the molecules into a two-dimensional network. π–π contacts between benzimidazole rings [centroid–centroid distances = 3.928 (1) and 3.587 (1) Å] may further stabilize the structure.