2-[(N-Benzyl-4-methylbenzenesulfonamido)methyl]pyridinium nitrate

In the title compound, C20H21N2O2S+center dot NO3-, the dihedral angle between the pyridinium and phenyl rings is 81.77 (19)degrees, that between the pyridinium and tolyl rings is 1.36 (18)degrees, and that between the phenyl and tolyl rings is 82.69 (19)degrees. In the crystal, the components are linked by strong charge-assisted bifurcated N+-H center dot center dot center dot(O,O) hydrogen bonds and the packing is consolidated by numerous weak C-H center dot center dot center dot O bonds and pi-pi stacking interactions [for the latter, centroid-centroid separation = 3.868 (2) angstrom].