6-Bromo-1-(1,2-propadien­yl)-3-(2-propyn­yl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridin-2(3H)-one

The reaction of propargyl bromide and 6-bromo-1,3-dihydro­imidazo[4,5-b]pyridin-2-one in refluxing dimethyl­formamide yields the title compound, C(12)H(8)BrN(3)O, which features nitro­gen-bound propadienyl and propynyl substituents. The imidazolopyridine fused ring is planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.012 Å); the propadienyl chain is coplanar with the fused ring as it is conjugated with it, whereas the propynyl chain is not as the nitro­gen-bound C atom is a methyl­ene linkage. The acetyl­enic H atom is hydrogen bonded to the carbonyl O atom of an adjacent mol­ecule, forming a helical chain runnning along the b axis.