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Abstract N-Methylpyrrolidine betaine (N-carboxymethyl-N-methyl-pyrrolidinium, inner salt, MPRB) cocrystallizes with p-hydroxybenzoic acid (HBA) at the 1:1 ratio. The complex is characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, FTIR and NMR spectra. The pyrrolidinium ring adopts an envelope conformation with the methyl group in axial and the carboxymethyl substituent in the equatorial positions. In the cocrystal the COO⋯HO and COO⋯HOOC hydrogen bonds are of 2.574 (4) and 2.586 (4) A, respectively. The molecular geometry, Hirshfeld surface, natural bond orbitals (NBO), molecular electrostatic potential (MEP), vibrational wavenumbers, magnetic isotropic shielding constants were performed using the density functional theory (DFT/B3LYP) with 6–311++G (d,p) basis set. The molecular structures of isolated 1:1 and 1:2 complexes were optimized. The potential energy distribution (PED) of the IR vibrational modes were used to assign the bands in the IR spectrum. Diagrams of the HOMO and LUMO of components and complex are presented. Theoretical and experimental results are in a good agreement.