Analysis of the weak interactions within crystal structures 33 complexes various 4′-aromatic derivatives 2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine (tpy) shows that exceed dispersion are dominated, as expected, by cation⋯anion contacts but associated with both ligand–ligand and ligand–solvent contacts, sometimes multicentred, in generally complicated arrays, probably largely determined between stacked aromatic uni...