Das THF-9-Natriumoxy-9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonan-Tetramer [1] / The THF-9-Sodiooxy-9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane Tetramer [1]

Abstract

Abstract The thermolysis of Na[C8H14B(Et)OH] (2), prepared from 9-Et-9-BBN (1) and NaOH, leads at about 100 °C in the presence of NaHBEt3 as catalyst to ethane and the solid NaOBC8H14 (3), which crystallizes with one mole THF as the tetrameric heterocubane 4 in the triclinic space group P1̄. The lattice constants of 4 (at 120 K) are: a = 1127.7(2), b = 1179.5(2), c = 2055.9(4) pm; α = 87.06(2), β = 87.83(2), γ = 75.37(2)°. 4 contains a slightly distorted central Na4O4 cube with C8H14B and THF substituents at the oxygen and the sodium atoms respectively. 3 can also be prepared by heating an equimolar mixture of Na[H2BC8H14] (5) and Na[(HO)2BC8H14] (6), or from (9H-9-BBN)2 and NaOH and from 9-HO-9-BBN and NaH in THF.