Borazines synthesis

B-2,6-Dimethylarylborazines have not been obtained in a direct borazine synthesis, though they can be prepared by Grignard arylation of l,3,5-trimethyl-2,4,6-trichloroborazine 01.92), These compounds show high hydrolytic stability, even in acid and basic medium, and they can be subjected to substitution reactions at the aromatic sites 91>. For example, free radical bromination 93> or Friedel-Crafts acetylation 94> has been accomplished. 

A modern and relatively convenient borazine synthesis uses lithium borohydride and ammonium chloride instead as the starting materials ... 

The emphasis in the approaches to boron nitride [10043-11 -5] BN, precursors has been concentrated on cycHc compounds. There have been recent reports of trimethylsilyl-substituted aminoboranes being evaluated as B—N precursors. These are linear borylamines containing up to four boron atoms. Compounds were also synthesized with free —NH2 groups amenable to condensation with either dihaloboranes or dihaloborazines (65) and offering suitable monomers for linear B—N polymer synthesis and borazine-ring-linking appHcations. 

Equation (aj) also allows the synthesis of unsymmetrieally substituted borazines, e.g., (EtBMe2B2NjMe3)Cr(CO)3 or (PhBMe2B2N3Me3)Cr(CO)3 . The reactions take place in dioxane at 30-40°C with reduced pressure to pump off eliminated nitrile. The dioxane complexes (C4Hg02)2M2(C0)5 are intermediates. If liquid borazines are used additional solvent becomes unnecessary. 

Borazlne synthesis. The ease of borazine ring condensation would be expected to depend on the nature of the substituents. To investigate these aspects, a series of compounds were synthesized, namely B-tr i chloro-N-tr 1 phenyl borazlne, B-triamino-N-trlphenylborazine, B-trianilinoborazine, B-tris[di(trimethylsilyl)amino]borazlne, B-trlchloro-N-tris(trimethylsilyl)borazine, and B-triamino-N-tris-(trimethylsilyl)borazine. 

The synthesis of B-trichloro-N-tris(trimethylsilyl)borazine was much more complicated than that of the other borazines. The overall scheme is given below ... 

The synthesis of borazine (Fig. 1) was first described in 1926 by Stock and Pohland.12 More recently, Wideman and Sneddon reported interesting three one-step synthetic procedures using various starting compounds including 2,4,6-trichloroborazine, metal borohydrides, and ammonia-borane.13 The B N bond is isoelectronic with the C C bond, which explains why borazine is often presented as the inorganic analog of benzene, that is, borazine has almost the same colligative properties as benzene. 

Borazine originally was obtained by the reaction of ammonia with diborane.1 Mixtures of lithium or sodium tetrahydro-borate with ammonium chloride also have been pyrolyzed to yield this product.2 More recently, the reduction of B,B, B"-trichloroborazine with alkali metal hydroborates has proved to be a convenient laboratory-scale method for the preparation of this compound.3-7 The procedure described herein is a variation of the last method as reported by Dahl and Schaeffer.7 This method is effective for the synthesis of iV-substituted alkyl- and arylborazines, i.e., compounds of the formula (HBNR)3 where R is CH3, C2H6, C6H , C6H5, p-C6H4CH3, or p-C6H4OCH3.5... 

With the development of CO 2 lasers, work on the infrared photochemistry of boron compounds is now appearing in the literature. Future woric on these compounds with UV laser sources is also expected. In this review the effect of radiation on boron compounds in the photon energy range 0.1 eV (CO2 laser) to 10.2 eV (H-a line) is examined. The range of tropics extends from the use of photochemical techniques for synthesis of new compounds to the production and isolation of reactive photochemical intermediates. The photochemistry of borazine is most extensively discussed. 

Synthesis of B-monosubstituted Borazine Derivatives. The photolytic reaction of borazine with a second reagent is a convenient method for synthesizing a number of B-monosubstituted borazine derivatives. B-monoaminoborazine, produced in the gas phase photolysis of borazine ammonia mixtures with 184.9 nm radiation, was first synthesized by Lee and Porter in 1967. This is the only method currenfly known for generating this compound. A detailed study of the photochemical reaction, under varying conditions of borazine and ammonia pressures, was reported by Neiss and Porter in 1972. The quantum yield for the production of H2 according to the overall Eq. (19) varies from 0.27 and 1.17 when the initial NH3 pressures are varied from 0.1 to 7.0 Torr and the borazine pressure is maintained at 5.0 Torr (Fig. 11). 

An upsurge of interest in the N-methylborazines in the early 1970 s was coupled with a convenient method of synthesis and purification for these compounds The photoelectron spectrum of N-trimethylborazine has been reported. Table 6 summarizes the theoretical and experimental data comparing the location of the molecular orbitals of N-trimethylborazine with those of borazine. The HOMO is predicted and observed to be an e" (w) orbital as in borazine The methyl substitution on nitrogen destabilizes the e" and the a2 jr-orbitals, but does not signiBcantly effect the e (a) orbital. The result is a lowering of the ionization potential for electrons in the two TT-orbitals. This effect, predicted in the dieoretical calculations, was also verified experimentally. 

Apart from a real interconversion, cyclodimers can be transformed into borazines, however, by addition of iminoboranes [Eq. (25)]. In order to carry out such a reaction, a solution of the iminoborane in a dropping funnel, kept at — 80°C, is slowly dropped into a solution of the cyclodimer at 50°C. The yield of borazines is quantitative. The procedure can be applied to components with the sEime set of ligands, but different sets may also be applied, permitting the synthesis of borazines with an unsymmetric arrangement of more than two different ligands (13.19). 

Aminobistrifluoromethylphosphine, 3 376-378 Aminoboranes polymeric, 16 245, 246 preparation of, 16 244 reaction to form borazines, 31 127-128 synthesis, 31 151... 

Borazine, B3N3H6, was first prepared by thermolysis of the diborane ammonia adduct [(BH2)(NH3)2] [BH4] . More convenient procedures for the laboratory preparation of this important ring system in multigram quantities involve either (a) the decomposition of ammonia- borane [eqn (9.1)] or (b) the reaction between ammonium sulfate and sodium borohydride [eqn (9.2)]. The latter method provides a convenient and economical synthesis of borazine. 

Figure 1. Apparatus for the synthesis of borazine. (A) nitrogen supply from tank (B) oil bubbler (C) valve (D) 2-L, three-necked, round-bottomed flask (E) thermometer (F) distilling column (G) vacuum tubing (H) mercury manometer (I) four traps for the collection of the borazine product (J) valve to mechanical vacuum pump.

Synthesis. The parent compound, borazine [6569-51-3], is best prepared by a two-step process involving formation of B-trichloroborazine followed by reduction with sodium borohydride. These reactions have been studied in some detail (96). 

N or B-substituted borazines may be made by appropriate substitution on the starting materials prior to the synthesis of the ring ... 

Ceramic-type materials that contain no organic linkage units can be prepared by the pyrolysis of cyclic or high polymeric aminophosphazenes. An example is shown in reaction (44). Under appropriate conditions, pyrolysis products that correspond to phosphorus-nitride are formed. Polyphosphazenes that contain both amino and borazine side groups yield phosphorus-nitrogen-boron ceramics following pyrolysis 94,95 The conversion of a formable polymer into a ceramic has many potential advantages for the controlled synthesis and fabrication of advanced ceramics. This principle is discussed in more detail in Chapter 9. 

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