Six scorpionate complexes of group 10-12 metal elements (Cu I , Cu II , Zn II , and Cd II ) containing the anionic hydrotris[3-(2Ј-thienyl)pyrazol-1-yl]borate (Tp Tn ) ligand were prepared from the reaction of the thallium(I) salt of Tp Tn with the corresponding metal acceptors in chloroform solution. The air-and heat-stable complexes were characterized by analytical and spectroscopic methods (IR, conductivity, ESI-MS, 1 H NMR and 13 C NMR solution data) and structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray studies. The Zn II complexes [Zn-(Tp Tn )X] (X = Cl or Br) contain a tripodal tridentate Tp Tn ligand, in which the tetrahedral metal environment is completed by a halide; in [Cd(Tp Tn ) 2 ], cadmium is found in an octahedral environment coordinated by two Tp Tn ligands. In [Cu(Tp Tn )(PPh 3 )]·CHCl 3 and [Cu(Tp Tn )(OC(O)CH 3 )], Tp Tn is also coordinated in the tripodal fashion, in which the copper environment is completed by a triphenylphosphine ligand in the former complex and by a symmetrically coordinated bi-[a]