Adeninium perchlorate

In the title salt (systematic name: 6-amino-9H-purin-1-ium perchlorate), C(5)H(6)N(5) (+)·ClO(4) (−), the adeninium cation is essentially planar, with a maximum deviation of 0.038 (1) Å. The whole of the perchlorate anion is disordered over two sets of sites with an occupancy ratio of 0.589 (13):0.411 (13). In the crystal, the adeninium cations are linked by pairs of N—H⋯N hydrogen bond into inversion dimers. The dimers and the anions are further inter­connected into a three-dimensional supra­molecular structure via inter­molecular N—H⋯O, C—H⋯O and C—H⋯N hydrogen bonds.