Fac-Tricarbonyl[hydroxybis(2-pyridyl)methanolato-kappa3N,O,N']rhenium(I).

Abstract

The Re(I) centre in the title compound, [Re(C(11)H(9)N(2)O(2))(CO)(3)] or fac-Re(CO)(3)(dpkO,OH) [dpkO,OH is hydroxybis(2-pyridyl)methanolato], (I), is in a pseudo-octahedral environment in which the major distortion is due to the constraints associated with the tridentate binding of the dpkO,OH anion. The carbonyl groups are orthogonal, with an average C-Re-C angle of 90.2(3) degree. The molecules pack in stacks of antiparallel tapes of (I) interlocked via a network of hydrogen bonds.