title: 2-Amino-5-methyl-pyridinium nicotinate.
abstract: In the title compound, C(6)H(9)N(2) (+)·C(6)H(4)NO(2) (-), the 2-amino-5-methyl-pyridinium cation is essentially planar, with a maximum deviation of 0.023 (2) Å. In the crystal, the cations and anions are linked via strong N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming a two dimensional network parallel to (100). In addition, π⋯π inter-actions involving the pyridinium and pyridine rings, with centroid-centroid distances of 3.6383 (8) Å, are observed.
authors.affiliation: X-ray Crystallography Unit, School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Penang, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Madhukar
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hemamalini
authors.forename: Hoong-Kun
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Fun