Trimethyl 2,2',2''-[1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-tri-yltris-(aza-nedi-yl)]triacetate.

The title compound, C(12)H(18)N(6)O(6), was synthesized via nucleophilic substitution by reacting 2,4,6-trichloro-1,3,5-triazine with glycine methyl ester hydro-chloride in reflux (dried toluene) under anhydrous atmosphere. Individual mol-ecules self-assemble via strong N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds into supra-molecular double tapes running parallel to the [010] crystallographic direction. The close packing of supra-molecular tapes is mediated by geometrical reasons in tandem with a number of weaker N-H⋯O and C-H⋯N hydrogen-bonding inter-actions.