The synthesis and subsequent reduction of the arylborondihalides2,6-Mes
2C
6H
3BX
2 (X= Cl (
1); Br (
2))and2,6-Trip
2C
6H
3BBr
2(
3) (Mes =2,4,6-Me
3C
6H
2- and Trip =2,4,6-
i-Pr
3C
6H
2-) aredescribed. Treatment of
2with lithium metal in diethyl ether gave the novel lithium9-borafluorenyl compounds
4 and
5 (see Scheme 1)inwhich the boranediyl intermediate has inserted into an
o-Me-ring C-C
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-bond to form a borafluorenylstructureincorporating boron in a delocalized five-membered ring.Boranediyl insertion into C-C
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-bonds, as distinctfromboranediyl induced rearrangements involving C=C cleavage indelocalized aromatic substrates, is unknown. Themain difference between the structures of these products is that
5 is dimerized as a consequence of the reductioninthe number of solvating ethers. Reduction of
2 withKC
8 led to the isolation of the 9-borafluorenyl "ate"compounds
6 and
7. These products also result fromC-C bond insertion by boron as seen in
4 and
5.However, the delocalizationis not observed owing to the addition of hydrogen (presumably fromsolvent) to the borons affording borate salts.Reduction of
3 with 3 equiv of KC
8furnishes the new "diborate" species
8. Thiscompound features a unique B-Bbonded dianionic structure with a long (1.83(2) Å) B-B bondwhich arises from the association of two borateradical anion fragments that have a 9-borafluorenyl structure similarto those described above. Compounds
2-
8were characterized by
1H,
13C,
7Li, and
11B NMR spectroscopy and by X-raycrystallography. Crystal data at 130K with Cu K
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(
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= 1.54178 Å) radiation:
1,C
12H
12.5B
0.5Br,
a= 15.562(5) Å,
b = 9.156(2) Å,
c= 16.368(5) Å,
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= 111.23(2)
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,
Z = 4, space group
C2/
c,
R = 0.060 for 1338(
I > 2
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(
I)) data.
3,C
18H
14.5B
0.5Br,
a= 11.001(2)Å,
b = 12.194(2) Å,
c = 25.473(5)Å,
Z = 8, space group
Pbcm,
R =0.065 for 1876 (
I > 2
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(
I)) data.
4, C
32H
45BLi
2O
2,
a = 23.611(6) Å,
b = 12.812(5) Å,
c = 10.194(3) Å,
Z = 4, space group
Pbn2
1,
R = 0.085 for 1212 (
I >2
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(
I)) data.
5,C
48H
70B
2Li
4O
2,
a = 14.398(3) Å,
b = 17.739(4) Å,
c = 19.885(4) Å,
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= 97.64(3)
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,
Z = 4, spacegroup
P2
1/
c,
R = 0.120for 3125 (
I > 2
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(
I)) data.
6, C
32H
44BKO
2,
a = 9.235(4) Å,
b = 22.292(7) Å,
c = 14.301(8)Å,
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= 100.51(4)
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,
Z = 4, space group
P2
1/
n,
R = 0.074 for2968 (
I > 2
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(
I)) data.
7·C
6H
6,C
33H
35BK,
a =10.867(4) Å,
b = 12.197(5) Å,
c =12.358(5) Å,
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= 108.28(3)
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,
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=111.76(3)
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,
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= 101.96(3)
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,
Z = 2,spacegroup
P![](/images/entities/onemacr.gif)
,
R = 0.044 for 3291(
I > 2
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(
I)) data.
8·1.5Et
2O·hexane,C
152H
224B
4K
4O
3.5,
a = 17.686(13) Å,
b =17.659(5) Å,
c = 23.568(10) Å,
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=104.41(4)
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,
Z = 2, space group
Pc,
R = 0.097 for 4672 (
I >2
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(
I)) data.