“…There are two pseudo-symmetric molecules with two water oxygens and two chlorides in the asymmetric unit. Table S1 (ESI) compares the bond lengths of MMTU with those of 5,6-dihydro-2thiouracil, 43 5,6-dihydrouracil, 44 2,4-dithiouracil, 45 uracil 46 and 6-amino-2-thiouracil monohydrate. 47 The C( 5 47 The valence angles at N1 and N3 are larger than 120Њ and these N atoms have extra-annular H atoms, in accordance with observations cited elsewhere.…”