Acta Cryst. (2004). E60, o1419-o1420  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536804017490 ]

Tris(pyrazol-1-yl)methane (Tpm)

C. C. McLauchlan, A. N. Varda and J. R. Giles

Abstract: The title compound, C₁₀H₁₀N₆, was crystallized from a methylene dichloride solution. Tpm has gained much attention of late as a neutral scorpionate ligand analogue of hydrotris(pyrazol-1-yl)borate. We report here the structure of the free Tpm ligand, which shows a structure typical of a tripodal neutral ligand. The compound crystallizes in a chiral space group despite the fact that it is achiral, ideally C_3v.

Online 31 July 2004

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