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organic compounds
In the title compound, 3-benzyl-1,2-diphenylguanidinium chloride, C20H20N3+.Cl-, the guanidine moiety is protonated. Steric strain due to the phenyl substituents leads to distortions of the guanidine skeleton. All three guanidinium N-H groups donate hydrogen bonds to symmetry-related chloride ions.