Reaction of 2-isobutyl-5-methyl-4-phenyl-1,3,2-dioxaborinane with acetonitrile

Reaction of 2-isobutyl-5-methyl-4-phenyl-1,3,2-dioxaborinane (a mixture ofcis- andtrans-isomers in a 81 : 19 ratio) with acetonitrile yielded 2,5-dimethyl-4-phenyl-5,6-dihydro1, 3-oxazine as a mixture ofcis- andtrans-forms in a 50 : 50 ratio. The possible mechanism of this transformation is discussed.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 1297–1298, May, 1996.     

Structure and conformational analysis of 2-hydroxy-5-isobutyl-1,3,2-dioxaborinane

The structure of 2-hydroxy-5-isobutyl-1,3,2-dioxaborinane, one of the major autooxidation products of 5-isobutyl-2-isopropyl-1,3,2-dioxaborinane, has been studied by ¹H, ¹³C, and ¹¹B NMR spectroscopy together with X-ray analysis. Molecules of the title compounds adopt a sofa conformation with equatorial isobutyl substituent. The ring interconversion path, free conformational energy, and optimal conformation of the isobutyl group (corresponding to the X-ray diffraction data) were determined by DFT quantum chemical calculations at the PBE/3ξ level of theory.     

Synthesis and some properties of planar 4-diphenylphosphino-1,3,2-dioxaborinanes

Fused 1,3,2-dioxaborinanes, derivatives of 4-diphenylphosphino- and 4-diphenylphosphoryl-4H-1, 3-dioxa-2-boraphenanthrenes, and their complexes with amines have been synthesized. According to X-ray diffraction data, the complex of 2-phenyl-4-diphenylphosphoryl-4H-1, 3-dioxa-2-boraphenanthrene with butylamine exists as a dimer due to the formation of intermolecular hydrogen bonds.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 1649–1655, September, 1994.The present work was financially supported by the International Science Foundation (grant No. RHBOOO).     

Chemical ionization induced fragmentations of 2-phenyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolanes and 2-phenyl-1,3,2-dioxaborinanes

Chemical ionization induced fragmentations (with 2-methylpropane as reagent gas) of 4-methyl- and 4,5-dimethyl-2-phenyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolane and 4-methyl-2-phenyl-1,3,2-dioxaborinane gave in each case two fragments, a hydrocarbon ion and metaboric acid. Propeae and thence metaboric acid are eliminated from 4,6-dimethyl-2-phenyl-1,3,2-dioxaborinane. The mechanisms of the fragmentations are discussed. Under the conditions used 2-phenyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolane and 2-phenyl-1,3,2-dioxaborinane do not fragment.     

Conformational analysis of 2-methyl-5-nitro-1,3,2-dioxaborinane

Quantum-chemical methods HF/6-31G(d), HF/6-31+G(d), MP2/6-31G(d)//HF/6-31G(d), and MP2/6-31+G(d)//HF/6-31+G(d) were used to investigate the conformational isomerization of 2-methyl-5-nitro-1,3,2-dioxaborinane. It has been shown that a potential energy surface of this compound includes two minima: an axial form of semi-chair and equatorial sofa together with a transition state belonging to the conformation of 2,5-twist-form. A comparison between experimental NMR ¹H and theoretical vicinal coupling constants was used to determine the quantitative conformational composition of cyclic boric acid ester and a value of ΔG ⁰ for nitro group at the ring carbon atom C⁵ in CCl₄ and C₆D₅NO₂ solutions.     

Conformational analysis of 2-isopropyl-5-methyl-5-methoxymethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborinane

Study of conformational transformations of 2-isopropyl-5-methyl-5-methoxymethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborinane using DFT approximation PBE/3ζ and the second order perturbation theory method RI-MP2/λ2 revealed beside the interconversion route sofa–sofa through a transition state corresponding to 2,5-twist form a number of local minima due to internal rotation of isopropyl and methoxymethyl substituents in sofa conformers. Over 88% of the molecules of the studied compound are present in a sofa form with the equatorially oriented CH₂OCH₃ group.     

Relative stability of 2-methyl-1,3,2-dioxaborinane complexes with alkoxy anions

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Reaction of 2-Isobutyl-4,5-dimethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborinane with Anhydrous Aluminum Bromide

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Analysis of the Conformational Composition of 2-Alkyl-4-phenyl-1,3,2-oxazaborinanes

The empirical MM2 and semiempirical AM1 methods were used to calculate the energy of model 2-methyl-4-phenyl-1,3,2-oxazaborinane with full optimization of the molecular geometry. Comparison of the experimental coupling constants for the 2-isobutyl analog and calculated coupling constants as well as the data for the relative energy of the individual conformers indicated that these compounds form a multicomponent equilibrium system containing sofa and a family of half-chair forms.     

Conformational analysis of 2,4,5-trimethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborinane individual stereoisomers

The study of the conformational isomerization of cis- and trans-isomers of 2,4,5-trimethyl-1,3-dioxaborinane I by means of RHF//STO-3G, 3-21G and 6-31G(d) quantumchemical methods led to the conclusion that its route includes equilibrium between sofa conformers with a different steric orientation of substituents at the C-4 and C-5 ring atoms. These conformers are interconverted through the maxima, the conformations of equatorial and axial 2,5-twist-forms. A comparison between experimental ¹H NMR and theoretical vicinal spin-spin coupling constants was used to determine the quantitative conformational composition of stereoisomers and a value of ΔG ⁰ for conformational equilibrium.     

Conformational composition of the 2,4,6-trimethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborinane stereoisomers

A study of conformational transformations of 2,4,6-trimethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborinane cis- and trans-isomers in non-empirical quantum-chemical HF/6-31G (d) and PBE/3z approximations showed that the transformation routes include the sofa conformers with different orientations of the substituents at the ring atoms C⁴ and C⁶ through the transition states corresponding to diequatorial, axial-equatorial, and dixial conformations of the 2,5-twist form. The calculation and ¹H NMR data show that the conformational equilibrium of cis-isomer is almost entirely shifted to diequatorial sofa, and the trans-form is characterized by the interconversion between the two axial-equatorial sofa conformers.     

Conformational analysis of the complex of 2-methyl-1,3,2-dioxaborinane with hydroxyl anion

Studies of the conformationsl transformations of the complex of 2-methyl-1,3,2-dioxaborinane with the hydroxyl anion performed by the quantum-chemical method HF/6-31+G(d) showed that they are more versatile than those in the initial boric ester, include the existence of six minima, five transition states, and are close to the conformational behavior of 1,3-dioxanes.