title: 2-Amino-5-methyl-pyridinium dibromo-iodate.
abstract: In the title salt, C(6)H(9)N(2) (+)·Br(2)I(-), the cation is essentially planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.0062 Å for the non-H atoms) while the anion is almost linear with a Br-I-Br angle of 177.67 (2)°. The crystal packing shows two anions and two cations connected via N-H⋯Br and (pyridine)N-H⋯Br hydrogen-bonding inter-actions, forming centrosymmetric tetra-mers with R(4) (4)(16) ring motifs. Very weak offset aromatic π-π stacking interactions [centroid-centroid separation = 4.038 (4), slippage = 1.773 Å] also occur.
authors.forename: Salim F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Haddad
authors.forename: Basem F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: Rawhi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Al-Far