Hybrid organic-inorganic crystal structure of 4-(di-methyl-amino)-pyridinium di-methyl-ammonium tetra-chlorido-lead(II).

The title compound, (C(2)H(8)N)(C(7)H(11)N(2))[PbCl(4)], is a hybrid organic-inorganic material. It crystallizes in the space group C2/c and contains one half of a mol-ecule of lead chloride, 4-(di-methyl-amino)-pyridinium, and di-methyl-ammonium in the asymmetric unit. The crystal structure exhibits chains of lead chloride capped by 4-(di-methyl-amino)-pyridinium and di-methyl-ammoium by hydrogen bonding. This creates a one-dimensional zipper-like structure down the a axis. The crystal structure is examined and compared to a similar structure containing lead chloride and di-methyl-benzene-1,4-diaminium.