title: 1-Methyl-4-(1-methyl-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)pyridinium iodide.
abstract: The cation of the title compound, C(14)H(14)N(3) (+)·I(-), is non-planar, the dihedral angle between the benzimidazole and the 1-methyl-pyridinium planes being 37.4 (2)°. The crystal structure is stabilized by weak π-π stacking inter-actions, the centroid-centroid distances between 1-methyl-imidazole and benzimidazole planes being 3.678 (4) Å.
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Fang-Ming
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Wang