title: 4-(Naphthalene-2-carboxamido)-pyridin-1-ium thio-cyanate-N-(pyridin-4-yl)naphthalene-2-carboxamide (1/1).
abstract: The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C(16)H(13)N(2)O(+)·NCS(-)·C(16)H(12)N(2)O, contains two N-(pyridin-4-yl)naphthalene-2-carboxamide mol-ecules, both are partially protonated in the pyridine moiety, i.e. the H atom attached to the pyridine N atom is partially occupied with an occupancy factor of 0.61 (3) and 0.39 (3), respectively. In the crystal, protonated and neutral N-(pyridin-4-yl)naphthalene-2-carboxamide mol-ecules are linked by N-H⋯N hydrogen bonding; the thio-cyanate counter-ion links with both protonated and neutral N-(pyridin-4-yl)naphthalene-2-carboxamide mol-ecules via N-H⋯S and N-H⋯N hydrogen bonding. The dihedral angles between the pyridine ring and naphthalene ring systems are 11.33 (6) and 9.51 (6)°, respectively. π-π stacking is observed in the crystal structure, the shortest centroid-centroid distance being 3.5929 (8) Å. The crystal structure was determined from a nonmerohedral twin {ratio of the twin components = 0.357 (1):0.643 (1) and twin law [-100 0-10 -101]}.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Research Complex, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad 44000,  Pakistan.
authors.forename: Sohail
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saeed
authors.forename: Naghmana
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rashid
authors.forename: Ray J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Butcher
authors.forename: Sema
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oztürk Yildirim
authors.forename: Rizwan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hussain