3,6-Bis(dimethylamino)-10-(10-iododecyl)acridinium iodide

In the title compound, C(27)H(39)IN(3)(+).I(-), the acridinium system shows the usual approximate mirror symmetry about the central C.N line, and the corresponding bond lengths and angles in the two halves agree within experimental error. The alkyl chain at the ring N atom is initially perpendicular to the ring plane and then bends sharply at the fourth C atom. Pairs of centrosymmetrically related cations overlap two of their rings and the dimethylamino groups are also partly involved in the overlap. Each I(-) ion is involved in short-range interactions with two cations. These interactions give rise to a 14-membered cyclic structure, which involves pairs of cations and anions across an inversion centre.