Racemic tricarbonyl[(4a,5,6,7,8,8a-η)-2-phenyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-benzopyran]chromium(0).

The title compound, [Cr(C(15)H(14)O)(CO)(3)], displays a distorted envelope configuration of the dihydro-pyrane ring. The dihedral angle between the phenyl and phenyl-ene rings is 50.63 (4)°. The Cr(0) atom is coordinated by three CO groups and the phenyl-ene ring of the flavan ligand in an η(6) mode, with a common arene-to-metal distance.