3-(3-Cyano-benz-yl)-1-methyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium hexa-fluoro-phosphate.

In the title compound, C(12)H(12)N(3) (+)·PF(6) (-), the hexa-fluoro-phosphate anion is disordered over two orientations with refined site occupancies of 0.8071†(17) and 0.1929†(17). The dihedral angle between the imidazole and benzene rings in the cation is 71.26†(7)°. In the crystal, the cations and anions are linked by C-H⋯F and C-H⋯N hydrogen bonds into a three-dimensional network.