Methyl 2-(4,6-dichloro-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl­amino)acetate

The title compound, C(6)H(6)Cl(2)N(4)O(2), was prepared by the nucleophilic substitution of 2,4,6-trichloro-1,3,5-triazine by glycine methyl ester hydro­chloride, and was isolated from the reaction by using flash chromatography. The crystal structure at 150 K reveals the presence two crystallographically independent mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit which differ in the orientation of the pendant methoxy­carbonyl group. Each mol­ecular unit is engaged in strong and highly directional N—H⋯N hydrogen-bonding inter­actions with a symmetry-related mol­ecule, forming supra­molecular dimers which act as the synthons in the crystal packing.