2,2'-(iminodimethylene)bis(1H-benzimidazolium)1+ chloride.
The title compound, C(16)H(16)N(5)(+).Cl(-) (nbbH(+).Cl(-)), displays N-H...N, N-H...Cl and pi-pi interactions in the crystal packing. The Cl(-) anion is chelated by the nbbH(+) cation via two N-H...Cl hydrogen bonds. Inter-ion N-H...N and N-H...Cl hydrogen bonds link ions related by 2(1) screw axes into chains along the c axis. These chains are further linked by glide-plane operations to generate a three-dimensional network, which is additionally stabilized by interchain pi-pi interactions.
Zheng
Sheng-Run
SR
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People's Republic of China.
Cai
Yue-Peng
YP
Zhang
Xue-Li
XL
Su
Cheng-Yong
CY