Reaction of oxybis(diphenylborane) with the condensation product of salicylohydroxamic acid and cyclopentanone gives the title compound in good yield. Crystals of 2,2-diphenyl-4,4-tetramethylene-1,3,5-trioxa-3a-azonia-2-borata-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]naphthalene are monoclinic, a = 12.521(1), b = 12.409(1), c = 12.975(1) Å, β = 93.784(8)°, Z = 4, space group P21/n. The structure was solved by direct methods and was refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures to R = 0.043 and Rw = 0.044 for 1502 reflections with I ≥ 2σ(I). The molecule has a typical diphenylboron hydroxamate structure featuring a five-membered COBON chelate ring. The O,O-chelating ligand is weakly bound to the diphenylboron moiety. Bond lengths (corrected for libration) include: (N)O—B = 1.558(4), (C=)O—B = 1.578(4), and C—B = 1.589(5) and 1.603(5) Å. Keywords: crystal structure, boron compound, organoboron compound.