Structural studies of organoboron compounds. XVII. Preparation and crystal and molecular structure of 3a-methyl-2,4,9a-triphenyl-1,2,3a,4,9,9a-hexahydro-1,3,9-trioxa-3a-azonia-2-bora-9a-boratacyclopenta[b]naphthalene
The title compound was prepared by the reaction of 8-methyl-6,6-diphenyl-5,7-dioxa-8-azonia-6-borata-6,7-dihydro-5H-benzocycloheptene (1) with phenylboronic acid. Crystals of 3a-methyl-2,4,9a-triphenyl-1,2,3a,4,9,9a-hexahydro-1,3,9-trioxa-3a-azonia-2-bora-9a-boratacyclopenta[b]naphthalene are monoclinic, a = 11.8548(4), b = 22.7837(4), c = 8.5457(3) Å, β = 106.952(2)°, Z = 4, space group P21/n. The structure was solved by direct methods and was refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures to R = 0.040 and Rw = 0.047 for 2970 reflections with I ≥ 3σ(I). The molecule was found to be a formal addition product between 1 and PhBO which had undergone a 1,4-shift of a phenyl group from boron to carbon. The backbone of the molecule consists of a folded system of three fused rings. The structure contains the longest known B(sp3)—N(sp3) bond, 1.759(2) Å.