Abstract: | The title compound systematic name: ammonium pyrimidine‐2,4‐5,6(1H,3H)‐tetrone 5‐oximate], NH4+·C4H2N3O4?, crystallizes from water in the triclinic space group P and is ismorphous with a known rubidium complex Gillier (1965). Bull. Soc. Chim. Fr. pp. 2373–2384]. The principal feature of the structure is hydrogen bonding; each ammonium H atom acts as a bifurcated donor and three of the four violurate O atoms are bifurcated acceptors, with the fourth acting as a trifurcated acceptor. The pattern of hydrogen bonding around the cation is very similar to the rubidium coordination environment in the related structure. The violurate anions pack as hydrogen‐bonded crinkled tapes, which are linked and separated by the ammonium cations to give a compact three‐dimensional structure. |