NH2CH2CH2SeOOH • HC1 crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space group P2i/c with a = 7.85 ± 0.02, 6 = 10.08 ± 0.02, c = 7.96 ± 0.02 A and β = 111 035' ± 15', and Z = 4. The colorless transparent crystals grow in extremely thin sheets which cleave very readily perpendicular to a*. The structure is layered, an organic layer of molecules held together with hydrogen bonds alternating with an inorganic layer composed of Se atoms and Cl~ ions. © 1969, Walter de Gruyter. All rights reserved.