N,N'-Bis(2-amino-benz-yl)ethane-1,2-diaminium dinitrate.

In the title salt, C16H24N4 (2+)·2NO3 (-), both the cation and anion are placed in general positions, although the cation displays non-crystallographic inversion symmetry, with the aliphatic chain extended in an all-trans conformation. The benzene rings are almost parallel, with a dihedral angle between their mean planes of 3.3 (6)°.

N,N'-Bis(2-aza-niumylbenz-yl)ethane-1,2-diaminium tetra-chloride.

The title compound, C(16)H(26)N(4) (4+)·4Cl(-), is based on a fully protonated tetra-amine. In the cation, both benzene rings are connected by an all-trans chain, and the rings are almost parallel, with an angle between the mean planes of 8.34 (12)°.

N,N'-Bis(2-amino-benz-yl)ethane-1,2-diaminium bis-(4-methyl-benzene-sulfonate).

The title salt, C(16)H(24)N(4) (2+)·2C(7)H(7)O(3)S(-), crystallizes with the dication situated on an inversion center and the anion in a general position. The cation contains two ammonium and two free amine groups, and the observed conformation for the chain linking the benzene rings is different from that found in the free tetra-amine and in the fully protonated tetra-amine. All amine and ammonium H atoms of the cation form hydrogen bonds with eight symmetry-related anions, using the sulfonate O atoms as acceptors.

2,2'-(2,6-Pyridinedi-yl)diquinoline.

The title mol-ecule, C(23)H(15)N(3), is a terpyridine derivative resulting from the Friedländer annulation between 2,6-diacetyl-pyridine and N,N'-bis-(2-amino-benz-yl)ethyl-ene-di-amine. The asymmetric unit contains one half-mol-ecule, the complete mol-ecule being generated by a mirror plane (one N atom and one C atom lie on the plane). The mol-ecule, although aromatic, is deformed from planarity as a result of crystal packing forces: mol-ecules are stacked along the short c axis, with a short separation of 3.

N,N'-Bis(2-ammonio-benz-yl)ethane-1,2-diammonium-nitrate-perchlorate (1/1.5/2.5).

The title compound, C(16)H(26)N(4) (4+)·2.5ClO(4) (-)·1.5NO(3) (-), is an organic salt in which the cation is a fully protonated tetra-mine.