Nonmerohedrally twinned 6‐amino‐3‐methyluracil‐5‐carbaldehyde: a hydrogen‐bonded ribbon containing four types of ring

In the title compound systematic name: 6‐amino‐5‐formyl‐3‐methylpyrimidine‐2,4(1H,3H)‐dione], C₆H₇N₃O₃, the intramolecular dimensions provide evidence for some polarization of the electronic structure. There is an intramolecular N—H...O hydrogen bond; this and a combination of three intermolecular N—H...O hydrogen bonds generate an almost planar ribbon containing S(6), R₂²(4), R₂¹(6) and R₄⁴(16) rings. These ribbons are linked into sheets by a dipolar carbonyl–carbonyl interaction. The structure was refined as a nonmerohedral twin, with twin fractions 0.7924 (1) and 0.2076 (10).