“…An overview of the butyl tail conformations of the cations of [b4dmapy]Cl, [b4mpy]Br, [b4mpy][PF 6 ], and [b3mpy][PF 6 ] viewed from above (a, b,c, and d, respectively) and from the side (aa, bb, cc, and dd, respectively). Below these are structures taken from the literature of the cations of 1-butylpyridinium chloride (e, ee)[29], 1-butylpyridinium bromide (f, ff)[32], bis(1-n-butyl-4methylpyridinium) tetrachloropalladate(II) (g, gg, h, hh)[42], catena-(bis(N-n-butyl-2-methylpyridinium) hexakis(l 2 -iodo)-di-lead(II) dimethylformamide solvate monohydrate) (i, ii)[43], and catena-[tris(N-butyl-2-methylpyridinium) (l 4 -iodo)-tetrakis(l 3 -iodo)-tetrakis(l 2 -iodo)-hexa-silver(I)] (j, jj, k, kk)[44]. The torsion angles in the butyl tails, as well as, the N1-C7-C10 angle (h) for (a) through (d) are given in Table2.…”