fac-[1,2-Bis(pyridin-4-yl)ethane-κN]tricarbon-yl(1,10-phenanthroline-κ(2) N,N')rhenium(I) hexa-fluorido-phosphate aceto-nitrile monosolvate.

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Re(C12H8N2)(C12H12N2)(CO)3]PF6.·CH3CN, contains one cation, one hexa-fluorido-phosphate anion and one aceto-nitrile solvent mol-ecule. The Re(I) ion is coordinated by two N atoms from the 1,10-phenanthroline ligand and one N atom from the 1,2-bis-(pyridin-4-yl)ethane ligand [mean Re-N = 2.191 (15) Å] and by three carbonyl ligands [mean Re-C = 1.926 (3) Å] in a distorted octa-hedral geometry. The electrostatic forces and weak C-H⋯F(O) hydrogen bonds pack cations and anions into the crystal with voids of 82 Å(3), which are filled by solvent mol-ecules. The crystal packing exhibits short inter-molecular O⋯O distance of 2.795 (5) Šbetween two cations related by inversion.