“…Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2009); cell refinement: SAINT (Bruker, 2009); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXTL; molecular graphics: SHELXTL; software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL and PLATON (Spek, 2009). the subject of many polarographic investigations (Abu Zuhri & Cox, 1989). The crystal structures of 2,6-diaminopyridine (Schwalbe et al, 1987), tetrakis(2,6-diaminopyridinium) diphthalate 2,6-diaminopyridine (Al-Dajani et al, 2009), 2,6-diaminopyridinium pyridinium-2,6-dicarboxylate (Aghabozorg et al, 2005), 2,6-diaminopyridinium hydrogen fumarate (Büyükgüngör & Odabaşoğlu, 2006), bis(2,6-diaminopyridinium) oxalate dihydrate (Odabaşoğlu & Büyükgüngör, 2006), 2,6-diamino pyridinium bromide monohydrate (Haddad & Al-Far, 2003) and 2,6-diamino pyridinium 2-carboxybenzoate (Al-Dajani et al, 2010) have been reported in the literature.…”