Arslan, HakanVanDerveer, DonDemir, SerpilOzdemir, IsmailCetinkaya, Bekir2024-08-042024-08-0420092056-9890https://doi.org/10.1107/S160053680900765Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/11616/94780The title N-heterocyclic carbene derivative, C23H30N5+center dot Br-center dot 0.25H(2)O, was synthesized using microwave heating and was characterized by H-1 and C-13 NMR spectroscopy and a single-crystal X-ray diffraction study. The structure of the title compound are stabilized by a network of intra-and intermolecular C-H center dot center dot center dot Br hydrogen-bonding interactions. The crystal structure is further stabilized by pi-pi stacking interactions between benzene and imidazole fragment rings of parallel benzo[d] imidazole rings, with a separation of 3.486 (3) angstrom between the centroids of the benzene and imidazole rings. There is also an intermolecular C-H center dot center dot center dot pi interaction in the crystal structure. The C-N bond lengths for the central benzimidazole ring are shorter than the average single C-N bond, thus showing varying degrees of double-bond character and indicating partial electron delocalization within the C-N-C-N-C fragment. The isopropyl group is disordered over two sites with occupancies of 0.792 (10) and 0.208 (10).eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessComplexesArticle65O699U15292158243910.1107/S160053680900765X2-s2.0-64149104124Q3WOS:000264798500133N/A