Potassium trispyrazolylborate

Potassium trispyrazolylborate, commonly abbreviated KTp, is the potassium salt with the formula :KHB(C3N2H3)3.

This salt is the source of the trispyrazolylborate ligand.

[1] KTp is a white crystalline solid that is soluble in polar solvents, alcohols, and water.

The synthesis of KTp involves potassium borohydride and pyrazole without a solvent.

[2] The tris(pyrazolyl)borate forms octahedral coordination compounds with the formula M[Tp]2 with first row transition metals.

Idealized structure of a Tp ligand bound to a metal center ML n .