2-Cyano-N-(4,6-dimethoxypyrimidin-2-yl)acetamide: complex sheets built from N-H...O and C-H...O hydrogen bonds.

Molecules of the title compound, C(9)H(10)N(4)O(3), (I), are linked into complex sheets by a combination of one N-H...O hydrogen bond and two C-H...O hydrogen bonds. Comparisons are drawn between (I) and some related compounds in respect of both their molecular conformations and their hydrogen-bonding arrangements.