title: 1,3-Bis(2-anilino-2-oxoeth-yl)-1H-imidazol-3-ium chloride acetonitrile monosolvate.
abstract: In the title compound, C(19)H(19)N(4)O(2) (+)·Cl(-)·C(2)H(3)N, the dihedral angle between the two phenyl rings is 69.57 (8)° while the dihedral angles between the imidazole ring and the phenyl rings are 70.61 (7) and 82.11 (7)°. In the crystal, N-H⋯Cl, C-H⋯O, C-H⋯Cl and C-H⋯N hydrogen bonds link the imidazolium cations, chloride anions and acetonitrile solvent mol-ecules into a two-dimensional hydrogen-bonded network parallel to (001); an intra-molecular C-H⋯O hydrogen bond is also observed.
authors.affiliation: National Changhua University of Education, Department of Chemistry, Changhua,  Taiwan  50058.
authors.forename: Chuang-Yi
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Hon Man
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Lee