Hydrogen‐bonded supramolecular networks of N,N′‐bis(4‐pyridylmethyl)oxalamide and 4,4′‐{[oxalylbis(azanediyl)]dimethylene}dipyridinium dinitrate

The molecule of N,N′‐bis(4‐pyridylmethyl)oxalamide, C₁₄H₁₄N₄O₂, (I) or 4py‐ox, has an inversion center in the middle of the oxalamide group. Adjacent molecules are then linked through intermolecular N—H...N and C—H...O hydrogen bonds, forming an extended supramolecular network. 4,4′‐{Oxalylbis(azanediyl)]dimethylene}dipyridinium dinitrate, C₁₄H₁₆N₄O₂²⁺·2NO₃^?, (II), contains a diprotonated 4py‐ox cation and two nitrate counter‐anions. Each nitrate ion is hydrogen bonded to four 4py‐ox cations via intermolecular N—H...O and C—H...O interactions. Adjacent 4py‐ox cations are linked through weak C—H...O hydrogen bonding between an α‐pyridinium C atom and an oxalamide O atom, forming a two‐dimensional extended supramolecular network.