2-(5-Ethyl-pyridin-2-yl)ethanol

The title compound, Csb 9Hsb 13NO, is the key intermediate for the synthesis of the antidiabetic drug pioglitazone and it is used as a versatile intermediate in the synthesis of a number of biologically active novel heterocycles. Both side-chains are located on the same side of the aromatic ring. The mol-ecules are connected by O-H⋅sN hydrogen bonds into ribbons which show a herring-bone-like pattern