title: 4-(Dimethyl-amino)pyridinium tribromide: whole mol-ecule disorder of cation and anion.
abstract: In the title salt, C(7)H(11)N(2) (+)·Br(3) (-), the cation and the near-linear anion [Br-Br-Br = 179.41 (8)°] both show whole-mol-ecule disorder about crystallographic twofold rotation axes. The cation is weakly hydrogen-bonded to the anion by an N-H⋯Br inter-action. The crystal studied was found to be a racemic twin, with a twin component of nearly 50%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Seik Weng
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Ng