Crystal structure of N-[3-(di-methyl-aza-nium-yl)prop-yl]-N',N',N'',N''-tetra-methyl-N-(N,N,N',N'-tetra-methyl-form-am-id-in-ium-yl)-guanidinium dibromide hydroxide monohydrate.

The asymmetric unit of the title hydrated salt, C15H37N6 (3+)·2Br(-)·OH(-)·H2O, contains one cation, three partial-occupancy bromide ions, one hydroxide ion and one water mol-ecule. Refinement of the site-occupancy factors of the three disordered bromide ions converges with occupancies 0.701 (2), 0.831 (2) and 0.456 (2) summing to approximately two bromide ions per formula unit. The structure was refined as a two-component inversion twin with volume fractions 0.109 (8):0.891 (8) for the two domains. The central C3N unit of the bis-amidinium ion is linked to the aliphatic propyl chain by a C-N single bond. The other two bonds in this unit have double-bond character as have the four C-N bonds to the outer NMe2 groups. In contrast, the three C-N bonds to the central N atom of the (di-methyl-aza-nium-yl)propyl group have single-bond character. Delocalization of the two positive charges occurs in the N/C/N and C/N/C planes, while the third positive charge is localized on the di-methyl-ammonium group. The crystal structure is stabilized by O-H⋯O, N-H⋯Br, O-H⋯Br and C-H⋯Br hydrogen bonds, forming a three-dimensional network.