4-tert-Butylpyridinium triiodide–4-tert-butylpyridine (1/1)

Abstract

The title compound, C9H14N+·I3−·C9H13N, consists of monoprotonated 4-tert-butylpyridinium cations and triiodide anions. The triiodide ion has near-symmetric linear geometry, with bond lengths of 2.9105 (4) Å (I—I) and a bond angle of 177.55 (3)° (I—I—I). For this room-temperature structure, the butyl group on the pyridine ring is disordered and has been treated as a rigid rotator, modeled in three separate positions with 1/3, 1/3, 1/3 occupancies. The cations assemble into dimeric forms by way of N—H...N hydrogen bonds.