2-Ethyl-1H-imidazole-4-carboxylate monohydrate

In the title compound, C7H8N2O4·H2O, the imidazole N atom is protonated and one of the carboxylate groups is deprontonated, forming a zwitterion. The two carboxyl groups are are approximately coplanar with the imidazole ring [O—C—C—C torsion ang...

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Main Authors: Shi-Jie Li, Juan-Hua Liu, Wen-Dong Song, Xiao-Fei Li, Dong-Liang Miao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Union of Crystallography 2011-04-01
Series:Acta Crystallographica Section E
Online Access:http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536811010774