Structural studies of organoboron compounds. XXXI. (3-Benzoyl-(+)-camphorato)diphenylboron
Details of the synthesis and physical properties of the title compound are reported along with a new preparation of 3-benzoyl-(+)-camphor. Crystals of (3-benzoyl-(+)-camphorato)diphenylboron are triclinic, a = 9.0362(3), b = 9.4679(3), c = 14.2731(7) Å, α = 101.920(3), β = 100.086(3), γ = 93.251(3)°, Z = 2, space group P1. The structure was solved by non-routine application of direct methods and was refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures to R = 0.036 and Rw = 0.039 for 4094 reflections with I ≥ 3σ(I). The unit-cell contains two crystallographically independent molecules, related to one another in the crystal lattice by a pseudo-inversion centre, and having the same configuration but different conformations. The structure analysis shows that the chiral, anionic, 1,3-diketonate ligand derived from 3-benzoyl-(+)-camphor is not symmetrically delocalized like most related ligands, resulting in significantly different O—B bond lengths. Bond lengths (corrected for libration) include: O—B = 1.514(4), 1.522(4); 1.568(4) and 1.567(4) Å; C—B = 1.594(5)−1.616(5) Å.