4,4′-Dimethyl-1,1′-(p-phenylenedimethylene)dipyridinium bis[7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethanide(1−)]

In the title salt, C20H22N22+·2C12H4N4−, the cations and anions stack along the b axis into segregated columns. In the cation, which has a crystallographically imposed centre of symmetry, the dihedral angle between the benzene and pyridine rings is 89.14 (4)&...

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Main Author: Guang-Xiang Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Union of Crystallography 2010-06-01
Series:Acta Crystallographica Section E
Online Access:http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536810017113
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Summary:In the title salt, C20H22N22+·2C12H4N4−, the cations and anions stack along the b axis into segregated columns. In the cation, which has a crystallographically imposed centre of symmetry, the dihedral angle between the benzene and pyridine rings is 89.14 (4)°. Centrosymmetrically related anions form dimers by π–π stacking interactions, with centroid–centroid separations of 3.874 (4) Å. The crystal packing is stabilized by intercolumnar C—H...N hydrogen bonds.
ISSN:1600-5368