title: Bis[4-(dimethyl-amino)-pyridinium] tetra-chloridozincate.
abstract: In the title compound, (C(7)H(11)N(2))(2)[ZnCl(4)], [ZnCl(4)](2-) anions and 4-(dimethyl-amino)-pyridinium cations are held together by various inter-molecular inter-actions including Coulombic attraction, hydrogen bonding and π-π stacking inter-actions. Three Cl atoms of the [ZnCl(4)](2-) tetra-hedron act as acceptors in N-H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds. The hydrogen bonds, both of which are bifurcated, lead to the formation of a three-dimensional network. Within the network, inter-molecular π-π stacking inter-actions with a centroid-centroid distance of 3.5911 (7) Å arrange the 4-(dimethyl-amino)-pyridinium cations into anti-parallel dimers.
authors.forename: Riadh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kefi
authors.forename: Frederic
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lefebvre
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zeller
authors.forename: Cherif
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ben Nasr