Eight-Membered BN Rings (RBNR')* from Four-Membered BN Rings (RBNtBu), by an Exchange NtBuINR'Reactions of the four-membered BN ring compounds PhCH2, iPr/Pr, iBu/Pr, iPr/iBu, iBu/iBu, Et/Ph, iBu/Ph) are (RBNtBu), ( l a -e : R = Me, Et, iPr, iBu, Pr) with azides formed, respectively. The NMR spectra reveal diastereotopic R'N3 (R' = PhCH2, Pr, iBu, Ph) and with the nitrone methylene protons (Et, Pr, iBu, PhCH2) and methyl groups (iPr, PhHC=N(Me)-0 are studied. The five-membered ring iBu) and thus elucidate the tub-like structure of the eight- (2a) is formed from membered rings. 3a and 4a crystallize in the space group the four-membered ring l a and PhCH,N3 in the ratio 1:2. An P2*/c. The reaction of the four-membered rings l c -e with exchange of NtBu for NR' with elimination of tBuN, is ob-the nitrone gives five-membered rings [-(R)B=N(tBu)= served, however, in the reaction of the ring compounds 1 b -d B(R)=N(Me) -0-1 (5 c -e), Both of the reactions of the fourwith RN3. Instead of four-membered BN rings, the six-mem-membered rings with azides and with the nitrone can be rabered BN ring (RBNR'), (3a: R/R' = Et/PhCH,) and the eight-tionalized in terms of a similar sequence of reaction steps. membered BN rings (RBNR')4 (4a-h: R / R = iPr/PhCH2, iBu/ Die Diazadiboretidine (RBNR')* (1) und die isoelektronischen Cyclobutadiene (RCCR')2 vom ,,Push-pull"-Typ (also solche mit elektronenziehenden bzw. -druckenden Gruppen R und R') haben dieselbe rhombisch-planare