[C6H11S(CH2)3C4H9N2C6H5Cl (L1Cl)] has been synthesized by reaction of cyclohexyl thiol with 1-(chlorophenyl)-4-(3-chloropropyl) piperazine hydrochloride (P1) under dry nitrogen atmosphere. The L1Cl on reaction with Cd(NO3)2 forms a compound [L1NO3] having NHO hydrogen bonding. The single crystal structure of the compound L1NO3 is solved. The characteristic feature of these reactions is the retention of the piperazinium character from starting material (P1) to ligand formation (L1Cl) as well as in the formation of anion exchange product (L1NO3). L1Cl and L1NO3 are characterized on the basis of physico-chemical and spectral (ESI Mass, FT-IR, 1H, 13C and DEPT 135° 13C {1H} NMR) studies. The proton and carbon-13 NMR spectra of L1Cl and L1NO3 are characteristic. L1NO3 crystallizes in orthorhombic system with Pbca space group. Both piperazine and cyclohexane rings adopt the chair conformation with N1, N2 and C14, C17 out of plane. Geometry around quaternary nitrogen atom is distorted tetrahedral as revealed by the bond angles.