DL-Phenyl­alaninium tri­chloro­acetate

In the title compound, C₉H₁₂NO₂⁺·C₂Cl₃O₂⁻, the amino acid mol­ecule exists in the cationic form with a positively charged amino group and an uncharged carboxyl­ic acid group. The tri­chloro­acetic acid mol­ecule exists in the anionic state. The phenyl­alaninium cations and the tri­chloro­acetate anions form hydrogen-bonded double chains, linked together by N—H...O and O—H...O hydrogen bonds, extending along the c axis.