title: 2-Amino-6-(dimethyl-amino)pyridine-3,5-dicarbonitrile.
abstract: The title compound, C(9)H(9)N(5), is slightly twisted from planarity, with a maximum deviation of 0.0285 (13) Å from the pyridine plane for the C atom bearing the amino group. The cyano groups are on different sides of the pyridine plane, with C- and N-atom deviations of 0.072 (3)/0.124 (4) and -0.228 (4)/-0.409 (5) Å from the pyridine plane. In the crystal, N-H⋯N and C-H⋯N hydrogen bonds connect the mol-ecules into zigzag chains running along the c axis.
authors.forename: Shaaban K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mohamed
authors.forename: Ahmed M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Soliman
authors.forename: Eman M M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Abdel-Raheem
authors.forename: Sohail
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saeed
authors.forename: Wing-Tak
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Wong