Piperazine-2,3,5,6-tetraone

The molecule of the title compound, C4H2N2O4, is located around an inversion center and the four O atoms are in the 2,3,5,6-positions of the piperazine ring. In the crystal, bifurcated N—H...O hydrogen bonds link the molecules into a corrugated layer parallel to (101).

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yi-Min Jiang, Shu-Hua Zhang, Jing-Jing Jia, Shi-Zhang Liang, Xiu-Jin Meng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Union of Crystallography 2010-12-01
Series:Acta Crystallographica Section E
Online Access:http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536810048075