The asymmetric unit of the title salt, C5H8N3 (+)·Cl(-), comprises one half of the 2,6-di-amino-pyridinium cation (the other half being completed by the application of mirror symmetry) and one Cl(-) counter-anion, also located on the mirror plane. The amino N atom shows a significant pyramidalization, with a dihedral angle of 30.4 (14)° between the least-squares planes of the amino group and the non-H atoms of the 2,6-di-amino-pyridinium moiety. In the crystal, the cationic mol-ecules and Cl(-) counter-anions are arranged in sheets parallel to (001) consisting of alternating polar and non-polar parts associated with the the Cl(-) anions, pyridinium and amino moieties, and the pyridine rings, respectively. N-H⋯Cl inter-actions within the polar part, as well as slipped π-π inter-actions in the non-polar part, help to establish the three-dimensional network.
Keywords: 2,6-diaminopyridinium cation; crystal structure; hybrid salt; hydrogen bonding.