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The 1:2 complex of 1,4-dimethylpiperazine mono-betaine (MBPZ) with squaric acid (H2SQ) has been characterised by single-crystal X-ray analysis, FTIR and NMR spectroscopies, and by DFT calculations. The crystals are monoclinic, space groupP21/c. Two MBPZ cations and four hydrogen squarate anions (HSQ− ) are linked by strong O(1)–H…O(13) (2.525(4) Å), O(14)–H…O(21) (2.511(4) Å) and N(4)–H…O(23) (2.607(3) Å) hydrogen bonds into a cyclamer. In turn, the cyclamers are linked into a helixthrough two O(24)–H…O(11) hydrogen bonds of 2.516(4) Å. The piperazinium ring has a chair conformation with N(4)–CH3and N(1)–CH2COOH substituents in the equatorial positions, and N(1)–CH3in the axial position. The FTIR spectrum is consistent with the crystal data. Two models of the 1:2 complex of MBPZ with H2SQ have been optimised at the B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) level of theory and have been used to calculate harmonic IR frequencies. One of the models (2) is dominated by electrostatic attraction between NH(4)+and HSQ− , whereas in the other (3) squaric acid interacts with a zwitterionic MBPZ through the O–H…O and O–H…N hydrogen bonds. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]