Abstract: | In the title compound, dimethyl({5‐2‐(1‐methylamino‐2‐nitroethenylamino)ethylthiomethyl]‐2‐furyl}methyl)ammonium chloride, C13H23N4O3S+·Cl?, protonation occurs at the dimethylamino N atom. The ranitidine molecule adopts an eclipsed conformation. Bond lengths indicate extensive electron delocalization in the N,N′‐dimethyl‐2‐nitro‐1,1‐ethenediamine system of the molecule. The nitro and methylamino groups are trans across the side chain C=C double bond, while the ethylamino and nitro groups are cis. The Cl? ions link molecules through hydrogen bonds. |