van Dijk Tom, Zant Dirk W, Wolf Robert, Lammertsma Koop, Slootweg J Chris
Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany.
Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online. 2014 Oct 11;70(Pt 11):331-3. doi: 10.1107/S1600536814022028. eCollection 2014 Nov 1.
In the title compound, (C11H14N)[AlCl4], the nitrilium (systematic name: 2,2-dimethyl-N-phenyl-propane-nitrilium) ion adopts a slightly distorted linear configuration [C-N C = 178.87 (16) and N C-C = 179.13 (17)°]. In the crystal, while there are no inter-molecular hydrogen bonds, pairs of nitrilium ions are linked through π-π inter-actions [inter-centroid distance = 3.8091 (13) Å].