title: 4,5-Diphenyl-2-p-tolyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium nitrate.
abstract: In the cation of the title compound, C(22)H(19)N(2) (+)·NO(3) (-), the N atom in the 3-position of the imidazole is protonated. The three pendant aromatic rings are twisted from the plane of the imadazolium ring by dihedral angles of 38.1 (1), 43.74 (9) and 20.4 (1)°. In the crystal structure, N-H⋯O and N-H⋯(O,O) hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules to form an infinite one-dimensional chain parallel to the c axis.
authors.affiliation: Ordered Matter Science Research Center, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Li-Jing
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Cui