organic compounds
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In the title compound, 2C12H20N22+·2H3O+·P6O186−·2H2O, a protonated water molecule bridges the centrosymmetrical anionic P6O18 ring via O—HO hydrogen bonds. The centrosymmetric hydrogen-bonded rings formed by four oxonium cations and four phosphate anions can be described by an R48(36) graph-set motif. The ring motifs are connected by hydrogen bonds into inorganic layers perpendicular to [100]. The 1-(2,3-dimethylphenyl)piperazine-1,4-diium cations are located between the layers, compensating their negative charge and establishing N—HO hydrogen bonds with the O atoms of the anionic framework.