Synthesis of C-aryl-N-(2-hydroxyphenylmethyl)-nitrones and their reaction with diphenylborinic or carboxylic acid derivatives. Crystal and molecular structures of a free nitrone ligand and its diphenyl–boron chelate

The syntheses of a number of aromatic aldonitrones of N-(2-hydroxyphenylmethyl)hydroxylamine and their subsequent reactions with diphenylborinic or carboxylic acid derivatives are reported. Crystals of 8-(4-dimethylaminophenylmethylene)-6,6-diphenyl-5,7-dioxa-8-azonia-6-borata-5H-6,7,8,9-tetrahydrobenzocycloheptene, 2b, are triclinic, a = 10.6802(8), b = 11.1809(4), c =10.1520(3) Å, α = 105.847(3)°, β = 92.567(4)°, γ = 84.610(5)°, Z = 2, space group PĪ, and those of C-(4-dimethylaminophenyl)-N-(2-hydroxyphenylmethyl)nitrone, 6e, are monoclinic, a = 12.2319(8), b = 7.071(1), c = 17.2005(9) Å, β = 107.520(4)°, Z = 4, space group P2 1 /a. The structures were solved by direct methods and refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures to R = 0.035 and 0.032 (R w  = 0.036 and 0.032) for 3379 and 1800 reflections with I ≥ 3σ(I), respectively. Compound 2b is representative of a new type of heterocyclic B,N-betaine. The solid state structure of 6e (the precursor to 2b) shows that only small topological changes, but significant changes in the electron distribution, occur upon the formation of the diphenylboron chelate. Keywords: aromatic aldonitrones, organoboron compounds, crystal structures.