Bis{(E)-3-[(diethylmethylammonio)methyl]-N-[3-(N,N-dimethylsulfamoyl)-1-methylpyridin-4-ylidene]-4-methoxyanilinium} tetraiodide pentahydrate

Abstract

The title compound, 2C21H34N4O3S2+·4I−·5H2O, was prepared exclusively as the E isomer by methylation of the corresponding N-phenylpyridin-4-amine. There are two symmetry-independent molecules in the asymmetric unit with no significant differences in bond lengths and angles. The aromatic rings are not coplanar with the pyridin-4-imine groups, as indicated by the C—N—C—C torsion angles of 47.7 (7) and 132.6 (5)°.