N-(2,6-dimethylanilino)-5,6-dihydro-4H-1,3-thiazin-3-ium chloride monohydrate

In the title compound, alternatively called xylazine hydrochloride monohydrate, C12H17N2S+center dot Cl-center dot H2O, the six-membered thiazine ring is in a half-chair conformation. In the crystal structure, six component centrosymmetric clusters are formed via intermolecular O-H center dot center dot center dot Cl, N-H center dot center dot center dot O and N-H center dot center dot center dot Cl hydrogen bonds involving xylazine cations, chloride anions and water molecules.