Abstract: | In the crystal structures of two cyclic trihydroxamic acid derivatives containing the same substructure unit, viz. 1,3,5‐trihydroxy‐1,3,5‐triazinane‐2,4,6‐trione dihydrate, C3H3N3O6·2H2O, (I), and 1,3,5‐benzyloxy‐1,3,5‐triazinane‐2,4,6‐trione, C24H21N3O6, (II), there is no significant difference in the geometric parameters. In (I), there are 11 hydrogen bonds of the O—H?O type interconnecting the molecules in a three‐dimensional network, while in (II) there are only two weak C—H?O hydrogen bonds. The results of IR spectroscopic analysis are in good agreement with the crystallographic study. |