Single crystals of the title compound, [Cd(C7H4N4NO3)(2)-(NH3)(4)] were prepared from tetraaquabis(saccharinatoN)cadmium dihydrate using ammonia flux [saccharin is 1,2-benzisothiazol-3(2H)-one l,l-dioxide]. The complex displays the same geometry as the parent compound, although its packing in the solid state and hydrogenbonding network are very different as a result of the absence of the water molecules of crystallization. If exposed to air, the product becomes amorphous; several studies suggest a conversion to the parent hydrogenbonding pattern by the acquisition of water molecules from the moisture in the air.