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The title compound, C16H9NO4, also known as the 3-benzoylpyridinium betaine of squaric acid, exhibits a dipolar electronic ground-state structure with a positively charged pyridinium fragment and a negatively charged squarate moiety. In the molecule, the two aromatic rings are twisted by 56.03 (2)° relative to one another. The three-dimensional packing of the molecules is stabilized by C—H··O· short contacts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cations and anions of the title compound {systematic name: 1-[4-(amino­carbonyl)butyl]guanidinium bis­(hydrogen­squarate)}, C6H17N5O2+·2C4HO4−, are connected into a three-dimensional network by inter­molecular N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds between thel-argininamidium ammonium, amide and guanidinium functions and the hydrogensquarate carbonyl O atoms. The independent hydrogensquarate monoanions are linked into dimers by pairs of O—H⋯O′ hydrogen bonds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]