2-{[N-(Pyridinium-2-ylmethyl)-N-(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)amino]methyl}-1-(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)pyridinium diperchlorate

Abstract

The cation of the title salt, C24H25N52+·2ClO4−, contains a tris­(2-pyridylmeth­yl)amine core in which one of the pyridine N atoms is protonated and a second pyridine N atom forms an additional C—N bond to another 2-pyridylmeth­yl group, resulting in a second pyridinium center. The protonated pyridinium hydrogen bonds to a pyridine ring of a neighboring dication. The hydrogen-bonded H atom is disordered between the two N atoms.