ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION C-STRUCTURAL CHEMISTRY, vol.60, 2004 (SCI-Expanded)
The title complex, 2C(5)H(7)N(2)(+).C4H2O42-.C4H4O4, contains cyclic eight-membered hydrogen-bonded rings involving 2-aminopyridinium and fumarate ions. The fumaric acid molecules and fumarate ions lie on inversion centers and are linked into zigzag chains by O - H ... O hydrogen bonds. The dihedral angle between the pyridinium ring and the hydrogen-bonded fumarate ion is 7.60 (4)degrees. The fumarate anion is linked to the pyridinium cations by intermolecular N - H ... O hydrogen bonds. The heterocycle is fully protonated, thus enabling amine-imine tautomerization.