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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 of the title compound, 1-carbamoyl-2-(4-hydroxy­phen­yl)ethyl­ammonium chloride monohydrate, C9H13N2O2+·Cl−·H2O, are connected by inter­molecular N—H⋯O [N⋯O = 2.905 (3) Å] hydrogen bonds between the amide and 4-hydr­oxy functions into helical chains propagating along the [010] axis. The Cl− ions and water O atom participate in a complex pattern of hydrogen bonds to link these ribbons into a three-dimensional network. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Molecules of syring­aldehyde, C9H10O4, are connected by intermolecular O—H⋯O [H⋯O = 2.05 Å and O⋯O = 2.713 (2) Å] hydrogen bonds between the 4-hydroxy and 1-aldehyde functions into infinite linear chains. The 4-hydroxy H atoms also participate in an intramolecular O—H⋯O [H⋯O = 2.22 Å and O⋯O = 2.662 (2) Å] interaction with a neighbouring methoxy O atom. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]