Tricarbonyl[tris(1-methyl-1H-imidazol-2-yl-κN(3))methanol]manganese(I) trifluoromethanesulfonate.

In the title compound, Mn(C(13)H(16)N(6)O)(CO)(3), the Mn(I) atom has a slightly distorted octa-hedral geometry. The three CO ligands have C-Mn-C angles in the range 89.44 (10)-92.31 (9)°, while the three N atoms of the tripodal ligand form significantly smaller N-Mn-N angles of 82.76 (2)-85.51 (6)°. The three N atoms of the tripodal ligand and the three carbonyl ligands coordinate facially. In the crystal, the trifluoro-methane-sulfonate counter anion is connected by a medium-strength O-H⋯O hydrogen bond to the hydroxyl group of the manganese complex.