Reaction of [Cr(
6-C
6H
5Li)
2]·tmen with (RR')NBCl
2 (R = R' = SiMe
3; R = R' =
iPr; R = SiMe
3, R' =
tBu) and B
2Br
2(NMe
2)
2, respectively, in hexane yieldedthe strained [1]borachromoarenophanes [Cr{(
6-C
6H
5)
2BNRR'}] (
4a-
c; R = R' = SiMe
3; R = R' =
iPr; R =SiMe
3, R' =
tBu) and [2]borachromoarenophanes [Cr{(
6-C
6H
5)
2(BNMe
2)
2}] (
5), respectively, in moderateyields as dark red solids; compounds
4c and
5 werestructurally characterized.
4c exhibits the largest arene-arene tilt angle (26.6(3)
) reported for any [
n]metalloarenophane.