Alkyl derivatives boron compounds

These compounds are thermally stable, but sensitive to oxidation. The boron atom is not very reactive, due to conjugation of its vacant orbital with the nitrogen lone electron pair, resulting in the absence of intermolec-ular coordination. However, these compounds undergo reactions with methanol, giving methoxy derivatives (172). The latter interact with lithium alkylides, and form, depending on their nature, borates (173) or 13-alkyl derivatives (174) [Eq. (131)]. 

The chiral A/ -propionyl-2-oxazolidones (32 and 38) are also useful chiral auxiliaries in the enantioselective a-alkylation of carbonyl compounds, and it is interesting to observe that the sense of chirality transfer in the lithium enolate alkylation is opposite to that observed in the aldol condensation with boron enolates. Thus, whereas the lithium enolate of 37 (see Scheme 9.13) reacts with benzyl bromide to give predominantly the (2/ )-isomer 43a (ratio 43a 43b = 99.2 0.8), the dibutylboron enolate reacts with benzaldehyde to give the (3R, 25) aldol 44a (ratio 44a 44b = 99.7 0.3). The resultant (2R) and (25)-3-phenylpropionic acid derivatives obtained from the hydrolysis of the corresponding oxazolidinones indicated the compounds to be optically pure substances. 

CARBORANE. A cry stalline compound composed of boron, carbon, and hydrogen. It can be synthesized in various ways, chiefly by the reaction of a borane (penta-or deca-) with acetylene, either at high temperature in the gas phase or in the presence of a Lewis base. Alkylated derivatives have been prepared. Carborancs have different structural and chemical characteristics and should not be conTused with hydrocarbon derivatives or boron hydrides. The predominant structures arc the cage type, the nest type, and the web type, these terms being descriptive of the arrangement of atoms in the crystals. Active research on cargorane chemistry has been conducted under sponsorship of the U.S. Office of Naval Research, http //www.onr.navy.mil/... 

In this chapter we will restrict our discussion of organometallic compounds to the alkyl and aryl compounds of magnesium and lithium, and the sodium and potassium salts of 1-alkynes. These substances normally are derived directly or indirectly from organohalogen compounds and are used very widely in organic synthesis. Organometallic compounds of transition metals and of boron are discussed in Chapters 11 and 31. 

The first organic compound of boron was isolated by Frankland in 1862, by the interaction of zinc methyl and triethyl borate. This method and the use of zinc alkyls with boron trichloride was continued until the discovery of the Grignard reagent. In 1900 boron tri-methyl was prepared by the action of magnesium methyl iodide on trimethyl borate, and in 1921 a number of boron trialkyls were obtained by the interaction of magnesium alkyl halides and boron trifluoride. Of the derivatives of the type RgB, boron trimethyl is a gas, spontaneously inflammable in air boron triethyl, a spontaneously inflammable liquid whilst the higher members of the series are liquids, readily oxidised when exposed to air. The metl yL fpd ethyl derivatives combine with ammonia to foriii IliS type I BOH only... 

Dihydro-1,4-benzothiazines are generally more reactive, and direct N-alkylation has been reported, but this reaction is not always straightforward.21 Funke et al. could not alkylate 2-phenyldihydro-l,4-benzothiazine with co-chloramines, even under forcing conditions.90 However, later work showed that this reaction was possible in toluene solution,37 and other workers have also reported direct alkylations.143 The l,4-benzothiazin-3-ones are, however, more easily alkylated, and reduction of the N-alkyl derivatives of these compounds, usually with lithium aluminum hydride, affords the corresponding N-alkyldihydro-1,4-benzothiazines.52,56 70 90,154 These products can also be prepared in one step from the corresponding 1,4-benzothiazines, e.g., Ill - 112, presumably via intermediate dihydro-1,4-benzothiazines, by sodium borohydride in the presence of a carboxylic acid. Boron derivatives, such as Na[(RCOO)3BH] and Na[(RCOO)4B] are suggested as the species responsible for N—C bond formation.155... 

The cyclization can be carried out with halogenated amines, and substitution products of the new ring systems can also be obtained in the conventional way, by nitration, etc. Similar compounds can be prepared directly by using arylboron dichlorides in place of boron trichloride in the procedure indicated above. The parent borazarene derivatives, with hydrogen attached to boron, can be made from the B-hydroxy compounds with lithium aluminum hydride in the presence of aluminum chloride. N-Alkyl derivatives can be made either by using N-alkyl derivatives of the aminobiphenyls as starting materials, or by N-alkylation of the unsubstituted compounds via their N-lithio derivatives. Apart from their inherent interest, compounds of this type can serve as intermediates in various syntheses. Thus benzocinnolines and 2,2 -dihydroxybiphenyls can be obtained from derivatives of 2-aminobiphenyl. ... 

Further examples88 of the facile displacement of a 1-ethoxy group of an isochroman have been given active methylene compounds (72 R=Ac, COOEt) (sometimes with boron trifluoride as catalyst) gave 1-alkyl derivatives (73) mostly, but with malononitrile, the ether (74) was the main product.89... 

Dialkyl(alkyl-A/-1H-tetrazol-5-ylalkan(or benzenecarbox)imidato)-boron compounds of type 29 have been prepared from 5-aminotetrazole, nitriles, R CN, and trialkylboranes, R3B, by heating the stirred mixture (containing an excess of R CN) to 120°C [20, 21]. The derivatives are characterized by mass spectral, IR, and UV data. An X-ray structure analysis was performed on 29f. The bicyclic skeleton of this compound is almost planar with some distortion about the boron atom [20]. 

In addition to MAO, boron compounds based on tris(pentafluorophenyl)boron and its derivatives, typically dimethylanilinium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl) borate, have been used as cocatalysts for sPS polymerizations (40,41). Although MAO has been used in large molar excesses relative to the titanium complex, the boron compounds may be used in roughly equimolar amounts to the titanium catalyst. The boron cocatalyst reacts with a titanium alkyl species, either by protonation in the case of dimethylanilinium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate or by alkyl group abstraction in the case of tris(pentafluorophenyl)boron, to generate a titanium cationic species with a borate counterion (74-76). The esr spectral evidence has been reported for these systems, supporting a titanium(III) cationic active species (76). 

Several attempts were made to prepare compounds havii a perfluoro-alkyl group bonded to boron before success was achieved. In the case of tricoordinate boron compounds, Ry—B linkages were expected to be unstable because of the inability of Rp groups to relieve the electrophilic character of the boron atom by tt bonding (44). In confirmation of this idea, bis(perfluoroalkyl)mercury compounds [e.g., (C2Fs)2Hg] afibrd boron trifluoride when heated with boron trichloride (45, 46). Boron trifluoride formation presumably occurs via a transitory Rp—B derivative ... 

The general formula for boric acid esters is B(OR)2. The lower molecular weight esters such as methyl, ethyl, and phenyl are most commonly referred to as methyl borate [121 -43-7] ethyl borate [130-46-9J, and phenyl borate [1095-03-0] respectively. Some of the most common boric acid esters used in industrial appHcations are Hsted in Table 1. The nomenclature in the boric acid ester series can be confusing. The lUPAC committee on boron chemistry has suggested using trialkoxy- and triaryloxyboranes (5) for compounds usually referred to as boric acid esters, trialkyl (or aryl) borates, trialkyl (or aryl) orthoborates, alkyl (or aryl) borates, alkyl (or aryl) orthoborates, and in the older Hterature as boron alkoxides and aryloxides. CycHc boric acid esters, which are trimeric derivatives of metaboric acid (HBO2), are known as boroxines (1). 

Unsolvated organomagnesium compounds have been recommended for the synthesis of organometallic derivatives of mercury, boron, aluminum, silicon, germanium, tin, phosphorus, arsenic, and antimony6-8 and have been used in procedures for the alkylation of aromatic rings and for the production of various polymerization catalysts.4 9... 

Notable examples of general synthetic procedures in Volume 47 include the synthesis of aromatic aldehydes (from dichloro-methyl methyl ether), aliphatic aldehydes (from alkyl halides and trimethylamine oxide and by oxidation of alcohols using dimethyl sulfoxide, dicyclohexylcarbodiimide, and pyridinum trifluoro-acetate the latter method is particularly useful since the conditions are so mild), carbethoxycycloalkanones (from sodium hydride, diethyl carbonate, and the cycloalkanone), m-dialkylbenzenes (from the />-isomer by isomerization with hydrogen fluoride and boron trifluoride), and the deamination of amines (by conversion to the nitrosoamide and thermolysis to the ester). Other general methods are represented by the synthesis of 1 J-difluoroolefins (from sodium chlorodifluoroacetate, triphenyl phosphine, and an aldehyde or ketone), the nitration of aromatic rings (with ni-tronium tetrafluoroborate), the reductive methylation of aromatic nitro compounds (with formaldehyde and hydrogen), the synthesis of dialkyl ketones (from carboxylic acids and iron powder), and the preparation of 1-substituted cyclopropanols (from the condensation of a 1,3-dichloro-2-propanol derivative and ethyl-... 

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