. Can. J. Chem. 66, 109 1 (1988). Details of the preparation and structure of the title compound are given. Crystals of 6,6-diethyl-2,2-diphen 1-1,3-dioxa-6-azonia-2-boratacyclooctane monohydrate are orthorhombic, a = 7.0322(2), b = 16.3505(7), c = 16.8164(4) 1, Z = 4, space group P212121. The structure was solved by direct methods and was refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures to R = 0.045 and R,, = 0.050 for 2013 reflections with I 2 3 4 4 . The monocyclic eight-membered B, N-betaine is the first to be structurally characterized. The eight-membered chelate ring has a conformation intermediate between the S4 and boat-boat forms which is probably stabilized by transannular C-H...O interactions. The average libration-corrected 0-B and B-C bond lengths of 1.500 and 1.639 A are, respectively, the shortest and longest yet observed for an 0,O-chelate of diphenylboron.WOLFGANG KLIEGEL, STEVEN J. RETTIG et JAMES TROTTER. Can. J. Chem. 66, 1091Chem. 66, (1988. On rapporte les dCtails de la priparation et de la ditermination de la structure du compost mentionne dans le titre. Les cristaux du monohydrate du diCthyl-6,6 diphknyl-2,2 dioxa-1,3 azonia-6 borata-2 cyclooctane sont orthorhombiques avec a = 7,0322(2), b = 16,3505(7) et c = 16,8164(4) A, Z = 4 et groupe d'espace P212121. On a rCsolu la structure par des mkthodes directes et on l'a affinCe par la mCthode des moindres carrCs (matrice entibre) jusqu'a des valeurs de R = 0,045 et R, = 0,050 pour 2013 rkflexions avec I 2 3 4 4 . La B,N-bCtai'ne monocyclique h huit chainons est la premikre a avoir Ct C caracttriste du point de vue de sa structure. Le chtlate cyclique a huit chaions possbde une conformation qui est intermtdiaire entre les formes S4 [Traduit par la revue] Introduction 1,3-Dioxa-6-aza-2-boracyclooctanes 1 are known to undergo intramolecular (transannular) N+B coordination to give very stable bicyclo[3.3 .O]octane ring systems 2, confirmed by chemical and physical investigations (1-6). Generally the extent of the N+B interaction depends on the nitrogen and boron substitution as well as on the conformational conditions. The size and the electronic effects of the substituents markedly influence the magnitude of N-B coordination. In accordance with these findings, replacement of the ring nitrogen atom by oxygen or sulphur led to fairly unstable non-crystalline compounds without any detectable transannular bonding (7).A cyclooctane system without a transannular N 4 B interaction should be realized by quaternization of both the tertiary amine and boronate groups of 1. Direct N-alkylation and B-arylation of the known (8) compound 112 seemed disadvantageous, so the synthesis of 3 was carried out by N-alkylation of 2-diethylaminoethanol 6 via the addition of oxirane (ethylene oxide) and subsequent trapping of the zwitterionic intermediate 4 as the diphenylboron chelate 3. The symmetrical cyclic B,N-betaine structure 3 has been postulated in a preliminary report (9) on the basis of 'H nrnr data which suggest magnetically equivalent ethylene moieties with...