Structural studies of organoboron compounds. XXVII. (3-Hydroxy-2-methyl-4-pyridinonato)diphenylboron and (3-hydroxy-1,2-dimethyl-4-pyridinonato)diphenylboron
Details of the preparation and crystal structures of the title compounds are given. Crystals of (3-hydroxy-2-methyl-4-pyridinonato)diphenylboron, 1, are orthorhombic, a = 13.4010(6), b = 15.005(1), c = 14.833(1) Å, Z = 8, space group Pbca, and those of (3-hydroxy-1,2-dimethyl-4-pyridinonato)diphenylboron, 2, are monoclinic, a = 8.2617(5), b = 12.374(1), c = 16.104(1) Å, β = 92.741(5)°, Z = 4, space group P21/n. Both structures were solved by direct methods and were refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures to R = 0.047 and 0.071 for 1654 and 1831 reflections with I ≥ 3σ(I), respectively. Both molecules contain five-membered C2O2B chelate rings, that in 2 being nearly planar. Structural data indicate weaker overall binding of the ligand oxygen atoms to boron in 1 than in 2. Bond lengths (corrected for libration) are O—B = 1.497(5) and 1.650(5), C—B = 1.600(5) and 1.599(5) Å for 1; O—B = 1.542(5) and 1.569(5), C—B = 1.607(6) and 1.609(6) Å for 2.