Structural studies of organoboron compounds. XLIV. 2,3-Dihydro-3-hydroxy-2,2-tetramethylene-4H-benzoxazin-4-one and its difluoroboron chelate, 2,2-difluoro-4,4-tetramethylene-1,3,5-trioxa-3a-azonia-2-borata-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro- 1H-cyclopenta[a]naphthalene
The reaction of 2,3-dihydro-3-hydroxy-2,2-tetramethylene-4H-benzoxazin-4-one, 2, and diethyl ether–boron trifluoride yields the difluoroboron chelate 2,2-difluoro-4,4-tetramethylene-1,3,5-trioxa-3a-azonia-2-borata-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro- 1H-cyclo-penta[a]naphthalene, 6, in high yield. There are two crystal forms of 2: 2a, triclinic, [Formula: see text] a = 8.551(1), b = 9.331(3), c = 7.236(1) Å, α = 103.38(2), β = 104.68(1), γ = 80.37(2)°, Z = 2, ρc = 1.35 g cm−3, and 2b, monoclinic, C2/c, a = 17.41(2), b = 10.665(6), c = 12.427(8) Å, β = 115.74(5)°, Z = 8, ρc = 1.40 g cm−3. Crystals of 6 are monoclinic, P21/c, a = 5.354(1), b = 17.654(2), c = 12.844(1) Å, β = 100.11(2)°, Z = 4, ρc = 1.48 g cm−3. The structures were solved by direct methods and were refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures to final R values of 0.046, 0.046, and 0.041 for 1712, 1505, and 1675 reflections with I ≥ 3σ(I), respectively. In both forms of 2, the structures consist of centrosymmetric [Formula: see text] hydrogen-bonded dimers [Formula: see text] for 2a and 2.682(3) Å for 2b). The difluoroboron chelate 6 features a five-membered chelate ring planar within 0.068(2) Å, and bond lengths O—B = 1.504(3) and 1.516(3), F—B = 1.358(3) and 1.359(3) Å indicate weak binding of the ligand to the F2B moiety. Key words: organoboron compound, crystal structure, boron compound