Triphenylsilanol–4,4′‐bipyridyl (4/1): the Z′ = 4 polymorph revisited

A fully ordered structure is reported for the polymorph of triphenylsilanol–4,4′‐bipyridyl (4/1), 4C₁₈H₁₆OSi·C₁₀H₈N₂, having Z′ = 4. The asymmetric unit contains four similar but distinct five‐molecule aggregates, in which the central bipyridyl unit is linked to two molecules of triphenylsilanol via O—H...N hydrogen bonds, with a further pair of triphenylsilanol molecules linked to the first pair via O—H...O hydrogen bonds. An extensive series of C—H...π(arene) hydrogen bonds links these aggregates into complex sheets. This structure is compared with a previously reported structure Bowes, Ferguson, Lough & Glidewell (2003). Acta Cryst. B 59 , 277–286], which was based on an erroneous disordered structural model arising from a false direct‐methods solution with reference to a strong pseudo‐inversion centre.