Crystal and molecular structure of L-prolinatodiphenylboron
Crystals of L-prolinatodiphenylboron are monoclinic, a = 5.9427(5), b = 14.4633(7), c = 8.9654(4) Å, β = 98.423(8)°, Z = 2, space group P21. The structure was solved by direct methods and was refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures to a final R of 0.037 and Rw of 0.053 for 1477 reflections with I ≥ 3σ(I). The proline ring exhibits conformational disorder. The crystal structure consists of discrete molecules linked by N—H … O hydrogen bonds (N … O = 2.893(3) Å) along the short a axis. Intramolecular N—B coordination occurs to form a system of two fused five-membered rings. Bond lengths (corrected for libration) are: N—B, 1.630(3), O—B, 1.529(3), O—C, 1.219(3) and 1.300(3), N—C, 1.506(3) and 1.507(3), C(sp3)–C(sp3), 1.525(4), C(sp2)—C(sp3), 1.517(3), and mean C—C(phenyl), 1.394 Å.