Hydrogen-bonding patterns in the cocrystal 2-amino-4,6-dimethylpyrimidine--terephthalic acid (2/1).

In the crystal structure of the title compound, 2C6H9N3 C8H6O4, terephthalic acid has a crystallographic inversion centre and the dimethylpyrimidine molecule shows approximate non-crystallographic mirror and twofold rotation symmetry. The inversion-related pyrimidine molecules form a base pair [R2 2(8) ring motif] via a pair of NH⋯N hydrogen bonds. The carboxyl groups of terephthalic acid link the base pairs via OH⋯N and NH⋯O hydrogen bonds [R2 2(8) motif] to generate a supramolecular ribbon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]