Bis(5-amino-4-amino­carbonyl-1H-imid­azol-3-ium) (5-amino-4-amino­carbonyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium-κO)-di-μ-chlorido-hepta­chlorido-dibismuth(III) mono­hydrate

The title compound, (C(4)H(7)N(4)O)(2)[Bi(2)Cl(9)(C(4)H(7)N(4)O)]·H(2)O, was prepared by the reaction of bis­muth trichloride and 5-amino-1H-imidazole-4-carboxamide in a dilute HCl medium. The asymmetric unit contains two 5-amino-4-amino­carbonyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium cations, one edge-shared non-centrosymmetric biocta­hedral [Bi(2)C1(9)(C(4)H(7)N(4)O)](2−) dianion and a water mol­ecule. In the dianion, the planar 5-amino-4-amino­carbonyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium ligand occupies an equatorial site and is inclined at an angle of 75.7 (2)° to the Bi(2)(μ-C1)(2) plane. The salt forms a three-dimensional network arising from hydrogen bonds between cations, anions and water mol­ecules.