Darstellung, 11B-NMR- und Schwingungsspektren mehrfach alkylierter closo-Hexaborate und Kristallstruktur von cis- und trans-[P(C6H5)4][B6H5(CH3)2] sowie mer-[P(C6H5)4][B6H4(CH3)3] / Preparation, 11B NMR and Vibrational Spectra of Multialkylated Hexaborates and Crystal Structures of cis- and trans-[P(C6H5)4][B6H5(CH3)2] and mer-[P(C6H5)4][B6H4(CH3)3]
Abstract By treatment of protonated monoalkyl-closo-hexaborates [B6H6R]-. R = CH3, C2H5, n-C3H7, i-C3H7 in aqueous alkaline solution with [As(C6H5)4]Cl the yellow orange deprotonated tetraphenylarsonium salts are precipitated, which react with methyl iodide or ethyl iodide to give dialkylated and protonated B6-compounds. The cisltrans isomers formed in a 1:1 ratio have been separated by ion exchange chromatography on diethylam inoethyl cellulose. Repeated deprotonation and reaction with methyl iodide affords mer-[B6H4 (CH3)3]-. The crystal structures of cis-[P(C6H5)4][B6H5(CH3)2] (I), trans-[P(C6H5)4][B6H5(CH3)2] (II) and mer-[P(C6H5)4][B6H4(CH3)3](III) have been determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction analyses; I and II are monoclinic, space group P2/n, I with a = 11.8690(5), b = 7.2575(7), c = 15.8689(3) Å , β = 111.454(17)°; II with a = 13.2853(7), b = 7.4608(8), c = 13.3549(11), β = 93.5(11); III is tetragonal, space group P4/n with a = 13.363(2), c = 7.5051(13). The three methyl substituents are statistically distributed over four equatorial positions of the B6 cage. The 11B NMR spectra of the di- and trialkylated com pounds exhibit shifts of ipso-B atoms to lower, of antipodal-B atoms to higher field compared with [B6H7]-. The IR and Raman spectra of the di- and trimethyl derivatives are similar to those of monom ethylhexaborate.