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The title mol­ecular salt, C13H11N2O+·Cl−·H2O, crystallizes as a monohydrate. In the cation, the phenol and benzimidazole rings are almost coplanar, making a dihedral angle of 3.18 (4)°. The chloride anion and benzimidazole cation are linked by two N+—H⋯Cl− hydrogen bonds, forming chains propagating along [010]. These chains are linked through O—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds involving the water mol­ecule and the chloride anion, which form a diamond core, giving rise to the formation of two-dimensional networks lying parallel to (10-2). Two π–π inter­actions involving the imidazolium ring with the benzene and phenol rings [centroid–centroid distances = 3.859 (3) and 3.602 (3) Å, respectively], contribute to this second dimension. A strong O—H⋯O hydrogen bond involving the water mol­ecule and the phenol substituent on the benzimidazole unit links the networks, forming a three-dimensional structure.

Molecules of 1,2-bis(4-bromophenyl)-1H-benzimidazole, C19H12Br2N2, (I), and 2-(4-bromophenyl)-1-(4-nitrophenyl)-1H-benzimidazole, C19H12BrN3O2, (II), are arranged in dimeric units through C-H...N and parallel-displaced π-stacking interactions favoured by the appropriate disposition of N- and C-bonded phenyl rings with respect to the mean benzimidazole plane. The molecular packing of the dimers of (I) and (II) arises by the concurrence of a diverse set of weak intermolecular C-X...D (X = H, NO2; D = O, π) interactions.