2-amino-2-thiazoline and its 1:1 organic salt with 2-naphthoxyacetic acid

The crystal structures of 2-amino-2-thiazoline, C3H6N2S, and 2-amino-2-thiazolinium2-naphthoxyacetate, C3H7N2S+.-C12H9O3-, are reported. The structure of 2-amino-2-thiazoline consists of two unique molecules that construct a convoluted hydrogen-bonded ribbon involving R-2(2)(8) graph-set association via both N-H...N and N-H...S interactions. The organic salt structure consists of the two molecules associated via an R-2(2)(8) graph-set dimer through N-H...O interactions, with the hydrogen-bonding network propagated via additional N-H...O three-centre interactions from the second 2-amine H atom.