3,3'-Bis(3-meth-oxy-benz-yl)-1,1'-(ethane-1,2-diyl)-diimidazolium dibromide dihydrate.
In the title compound, C(24)H(28)N(4)O(2) (2+)·2Br(-)·2H(2)O, the diimid-azo-lium cation is located on an inversion center. The imidazole and the benzene rings make a dihedral angle of 68.08 (04)°. In the crystal, O-H⋯Br, C-H⋯O and C-H⋯Br hydrogen bonds link the diimidazolium cations, the bromide anions and the water mol-ecules into a two-dimensional network.
Department of Chemistry, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua,  Taiwan  50058.
Hon Man
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Lee
Pi-Yun
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Cheng