Hydrogen bonding and π–π inter­actions in a laminar structure: benzene‐1,3‐dicarboxylic acid–4‐methyl­pyridine (1/2)

The title complex, C₈H₆O₄·2C₆H₇N, consists of two crystallographically independent 1:2 clusters of benzene‐1,3‐­dicarboxylic acid and 4‐methyl­pyridine. Each cluster, the components of which are linked by O—H⋯N hydrogen bonds, is almost planar by alignment of C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds. Herring‐bone ribbons of clusters are formed by other C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, and these ribbons are further packed to form a laminar structure by π–π inter­actions.