Structural studies of organoboron compounds LI. N-Methylhydroxylamine(O-B)2,5-diphenyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolan-4-one
Three synthetic methods for the preparation of N-methylhydroxylamine(O-B)2,5-diphenyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolan-4-one (2-(1-oxa-2-azoniapropyl)-2,5-diphenyl-1,3-dioxa-2-boratacyclopentan-4-one), 9, in good yield are described. Crystals of this material are triclinic, a = 10.1073(7), b = 12.159(2), c = 14.116(2) Å, α = 65.079(8)°, β = 99.255(9)°, γ = 92.69(1)°, Z = 4, space group [Formula: see text]. The structure was solved by direct methods and was refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures to R = 0.039 and Rw = 0.045 for 2603 reflections with I ≥ 3σ(I). Compound 9 is the first structurally characterized example of an N-alkylhydroxylamine(O-B)boron complex having an open-chain B,N-betaine structure. Average bond lengths involving the tetrahedraily coordinated boron atoms in the two crystallographically independent molecules (corrected for thermal libration) are (N)O—B = 1.494, (carboxylate)O—B = 1.524, (alcoholic)O—B = 1.486, and(aryl)C—B = 1.594 Å.