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organic compounds
The N-(2-pyridinium)urea cation of the title compound, C6H8N3O+.ClO4-, is planar within 0.022 (2) Å and adopts an s-cis-s-cis conformation with respect to the imino C-N bonds. The structure consists of centrosymmetric dimers of cations ordered in layers parallel to the (03) plane, and hydrogen-bonded anions.