Structural studies of organoboron compounds. XXXVI. 2,2-Dimethyl-3,3-diphenyl-1,4-dioxa-2-azonia-3-boratacyclohexane
The synthesis of O-(2-hydroxyethyl)-N,N-dimethylhydroxylamine and its reaction with oxybis(diphenylborane) to yield the title compound are reported. Crystals of 2,2-dimethyl-3,3-diphenyl-1,4-dioxa-2-azonia-3-boratacyclohexane are orthorhombic, a = 7.0332(6), b = 9.2269(6), c = 22.967(2) Å, Z = 4, space group P212121. The structure was solved by direct methods and was refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures to R = 0.051 and Rw = 0.047 for 1247 reflections with 1 ≥ 2σ(I). The molecule exhibits the longest N—B and the shortest O—B distances (1.723(6) and 1.468(5) Å, respectively, corrected for libration) yet reported for a six-membered N,O-chelate of diphenylboron. Keywords: crystal structure, boron compound, organoboron compound.