3,3′-Dicyclopentyl-1,1′-(1,3-phenylenedimethylene)dibenzimidazol-1-ium bis(hexafluorophosphate)

In the title compound, C32H36N42+·2PF6−, the cation and the anions each have crystallographic twofold rotation symmetry. The benzimidazole ring is almost planar [r.m.s. deviation = 0.0161 (1) Å] and makes a dihedral angle of 5.77 (4)° with its symmetry-related component and a dihedral angle of 80.96 (5)° with the central benzene ring. The cyclopentyl ring adopts a half-chair conformation. In the crystal, molecules are linked into a three-dimensional network through C—H...F hydrogen bonds. A C—H...π interaction is also observed