. Can. J. Chem. 63, 509 (1985). Crystals of 3-(pheny1methylidene)-4-methyl-I-phenyl-2,6,7-trioxa-3-azonia-I -boratabicyclo[2.2.2]octane are orthorhombic, a = 8.0732(7), b = 11.8499(10), c = 31.679(2) A, Z = 8, space group Pbca, and those of N-(4-nitrophenylmethylidene)-5-methyl-2-p~enyl-l,3-dioxa-2-bora-5-cyclohexaneamine N-oxide are monoclinic, a = 6.1873(6), b = 23.206(2), c = 11.3081(11) A, P = 92.326(5)", Z = 4, space group P2,ln. Both structures were solved by direct methods and were refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures to final R values of 0.041 and 0.036 for 943 and 1679 reflections with I 2 3u(l), respectively. Both compounds are condensation products of bis(hydroxyalkyl)nitrones and phenylboronic acid. 3-(Phenylmethylidene)-4-methyl-l-phenyl-2,6,7-trioxa-3-azonia-I-boratabicyclo[2.~.2]octane was found to possess a bicyclic structure resulting from intramolecular 0-B coordination (0-B = 1.604(7) A) and is the first such bicyclic boron compound to be structurally characterized. In N-(4-nitrophenylmethylidene)-5-methyl-2-phenyl-I ,3-dioxa-2-bora-5-cyclohexaneamine N-oxide, which has weakened nitrone basicity, the 0-B interaction does not occur, resulting in a monocyclic system incorporating a trigonal planar boron atom.
IntroductionThe condensation products of bis(hydroxyalkyl)nitrones such as 1 and phenylboronic acid can generally have an intramolecularly coordinated bicyclo[2.2.2]octane structure 2 and/or a simple monocyclic diester structure 3 (1). Sufficient