fac‐Tricarbonyl[hydroxybis(2‐pyridyl)methanolato‐κ3N,O,N′]rhenium(I)

The Re^I centre in the title compound, [Re(C₁₁H₉N₂O₂)(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)°. The mol­ecules pack in stacks of antiparallel tapes of (I) interlocked via a network of hydrogen bonds.