Crystal and molecular structure of 8,8-dimethyl-3,5-diphenyl-2,4,6-trioxa-1-azonia-3-bora-5-boranatabicyclo[3.3.0]octane

Abstract

Crystals of 8,8-dimethyl-3,5-diphenyl-2,4,6-trioxa-1-azonia-3-bora-5-boranatabicyclo[3.3.0]-octane are monoclinic, a = 22.323(1), b = 9.555(1), c = 16.0027(6) Å, β = 109.055(4)°, Z = 8, space group C2/c. The structure was solved by direct methods and was refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures to a final R of 0.048 and Rw of 0.066 for 2629 reflections with I ≥ 3σ(I). The central part of the molecule consists of two fused five-membered rings. One of them is a familiar BOCCN ring while the other is a novel and nearly planar BOBON ring containing one tetrahedral boron atom and one trigonal planar boron atom. Bond lengths are: O—B, 1.337(2)–1.467(2), N—B, 1.692(2), O—N, 1.440(2), O—C, 1.426(2), N—C, 1.513(2), B—C, 1.557(2) and 1.599(2), C(sp3)—C(sp3), 1.520(2)–1.530(2), C—C(ar), 1.372(4)–1.407(2), N—H, 0.89(2), mean C(ar)—H, 0.97(1), and mean C(sp3)—H, 1.01(1) Å. The crystal structure consists of discrete molecules each linked to two others by N—H … O hydrogen bonds (N … O = 2.853(2) Å).