In the title compound, tetraethylammonium hydroxide pentahydrate, C(8)H(20)N(+).OH(-).5H(2)O, layers of approximately hexagonally close-packed NEt(4)(+) cations and anionic layers of hydroxide and water molecules are stacked alternately along the b axis. All hydroxide and water H atoms are in ordered positions, giving rise to a network of hydrogen bonds [O.O 2.633 (1)-2.947 (2) A] with four- and six-membered rings. The hydroxide ion accepts four hydrogen bonds from four water molecules but does not act as a proton donor.
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