Crystal structure of (S)-4-carbamoyl-4-(1,3-dioxo-isoindolin-2-yl)butanoic acid.

In the title compound, C13H12N2O5, the phthalimide ring system is essentially planar, with a maximum deviation of 0.0479 (14) Å. In the crystal, each mol-ecule is linked via six neighbouring mol-ecules into a three-dimensional network through N-H⋯O and O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, which form an R 3 (2)(8) ring motif.