The title molecule, C 7 H 6 BrN 3 , crystallizes with two molecules, A and B, in the asymmetric unit, with all non-hydrogen atoms lying on a crystallographic mirror plane. In the crystal, the molecules are linked into [100] chains of alternating A and B molecules by complementary N-HÁ Á ÁN and C-HÁ Á ÁN hydrogen bonds. The chains are associated through offset aromatic -stacking [shortest centroid-centroid separation = 3.6215 (9) In this study, we have reacted 3-acetyl-4-hydroxy-6-methyl-3H-pyran-2-one (dehydroacetic acid) with 5-bromopyridine-2,3-diamine to furnish the title compound 6-bromo-2-methyl-1H-imidazo [4,5-b]pyridineÁThe asymmetric unit (Fig. 1) consists of two molecules, each lying on a crystallographic mirror plane.In the crystal, complementary pairs of N2-H2Á Á ÁN4 and C3-H3Á Á ÁN5 as well as N6-H6Á Á ÁN1 i and C10-H10Á Á ÁN3 i [symmetry code: (i) x À 1, y, z] hydrogen bonds (Table 1) form chains running parallel to the a axis. These ribbons form stacks in the b-axis direction which are associated through offset -stacking with an average interplanar spacing of 3.236 (1) Å (Fig. 2).