2,6‐Bis‐(3‐trifluoromethylpyrazol‐1‐yl)pyridine

The title compound, C₁₃H₇F₆N₅, is one of a series of hindered tris‐imine ligands for meridonial co­ordination to transition metals. The mol­ecule has crystallographic C₂ symmetry, the pyrazole and pyridine rings adopting a near‐coplanar transoid conformation.