3-Acetyl-2-methyl-4-phenylquinolin-1-ium chloride

An N-H...Cl hydrogen bond connects the ions in the title salt, C(18)H(16)NO+center dot Cl-. The quinolin-1-ium residue is almost planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.020 A) but both the acetyl group [O-C-C-C torsion angle = 62.73 (17)degrees] and adjacent benzene ring [C-C-C-C torsion angle = -104.06 (14)degrees] are twisted out of this plane; the acetyl and benzene substituents are non-parallel [dihedral angle = 66.16 (7)degrees]. The crystal packing is consolidated by C-H...O and C-H...Cl contacts