Hydro­gen‐bonding patterns in cis‐4‐ammonio­cyclo­hexane­carboxyl­ate hemihydrate

In the title compound, C₇H₁₃NO₂·0.5H₂O, cis‐4‐amino­cyclo­hexane­carboxylic acid exists as a zwitterion and co‐crystallizes with water mol­ecules in a 2:1 amino acid–water ratio. The cyclo­hexane ring adopts a chair conformation, with the carboxyl­ate and ammonium groups in axial and equatorial positions, respectively. The basic motif in the crystal structure is a sandwich structure, formed by two amino acid units linked by head‐to‐tail hydrogen bonds. Hydro­gen bonds of the type N⁺—H⋯O—C—O⁻ link these motifs, forming helicoidally extended chains running along the c axis. The water molecule lies on a twofold axis and interacts with the chains by means of O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds.