3-(3-Meth­oxy­phen­yl)benzo[d]thia­zolo[3,2-a]imidazol-9-ium hydrogen sulfate

In the title mol­ecular salt, C(16)H(13)N(2)OS(+)·HSO(4) (−), the thia­zolo[3,2-a]benzimidazolium ring system is roughly planar [maximum deviation = 0.046 (3) Å] and makes a dihedral angle of 58.22 (11)° with the benzene ring. The meth­oxy group is almost coplanar with its attached benzene ring [C(meth­yl)—O—C—C = −1.6 (5)°]. In the crystal, the cation is linked to the anion by a bifurcated N—H⋯(O,O) hydrogen bond, generating an R (1) (2)(4) ring motif. The ion pairs are then connected by a C—H⋯O hydrogen bond into inversion dimers and these dimers are further linked by O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds into an infinite tape along [100]. A π–π stacking inter­action [centroid-to-centroid distance = 3.5738 (18) Å] and a short inter­molecular contact [S⋯O = 2.830 (3) Å] are also observed.