C-(2-Hydroxyaryl)-N-(2-hydroxyphenylmethyl)nitrones as regioselective bidentate ligands in boron chelate formation. Crystal and molecular structures of a diphenylboron complex and its parent ligand

Abstract

The C-(2-hydroxyaryl)-N-(2-hydroxyphenylmethyl)nitrones 5 are synthesized by the condensation of variously substituted salicylaldehydes with N-(2-hydroxyphenylmethyl)-hydroxylamine. These nitrones react with diphenylborinic acid anhydride to form seven-membered diphenylboron chelates 6. Crystals of C-(4-diethylamino-2-hydroxyphenyl)-N-(2-hydroxyphenylmethyl)nitrone, 5d, are monoclinic, a = 6.911(2), b = 10.663(2), c = 22.951(1) Å, β = 97.33(1)°, Z = 4, space group P21/n, and those of 4-dimethylamino-8-(2-hydroxyphenylmethyl)-6,6-diphenyl-5,7-dioxa-8-azonia-6-borata-6,7-dihydro-5H-benzocycloheptene-ethanol, 6d·EtOH, are monoclinic, a = 9.069(2), b = 29.881(1), c = 11.1883(6) Å, β = 109.426(9)°, Z = 4, space group P21/n. The structures were solved by direct methods and refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures to R = 0.032 and 0.039 (R w = 0.031 and 0.036) for 2510 and 4162 reflections with I > 3σ(I), respectively. Key words : C-(2-hydroxyaryl)-N-(2-hydroxyphenylmethyl)nitrones, organoboron compounds, crystal structures.