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C5H5B | |
Molar mass | 75.91 g·mol−1 |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Borabenzene is a hypothetical organoboron compound with the formula C5H5B. Unlike the related but highly stable benzene molecule, borabenzene would be electron-deficient. Related derivatives are the boratabenzene anions, including the parent [C5H5BH]−.
Adducts[edit]
Adducts of borabenzene with Lewis bases are isolatable. Since borabenzene is unavailable, these adducts require indirect methods. 4-Silyl-1-methoxyboracyclohexadiene is used as a precursor to the borabenzene:
- C
5H
5N + MeOBC
5H
5SiMe
3 → C
5H
5N-BC
5H
5 + MeOSiMe3
The pyridine adduct C
5H
5N-BC
5H
5 is structurally related to biphenyl.[1] It is a yellow whereas biphenyl is colorless, indicating distinct electronic structures. The pyridine ligand is tightly bound: no exchange is observed with free pyridine, even at elevated temperatures.
The borabenzene-pyridine adduct behaves like a diene, not an analog of biphenyl, and will undergo Diels-Alder reactions.[2]
See also[edit]
- 6-membered aromatic rings with one carbon replaced by another group: silabenzene, germabenzene, stannabenzene, pyridine, phosphorine, arsabenzene, stibabenzene, bismabenzene, pyrylium, thiopyrylium, selenopyrylium, telluropyrylium
- Borazine
References[edit]
- ^ Boese, Roland; Finke, Norbert; Henkelmann, Jochem; Maier, Günther; Paetzold, Peter; Reisenauer, Hans Peter; Schmid, Günter (1985). "Synthese und Strukturuntersuchung von Pyridin-Borabenzol und Pyridin-2-Boranaphthalin". Chemische Berichte. 118 (4): 1644–1654. doi:10.1002/cber.19851180431.
- ^ Wood, Thomas K.; Piers, Warren E.; Keay, Brian A.; Parvez, Masood (2006). "1-Borabarrelene Derivatives via Diels−Alder Additions to Borabenzenes". Organic Letters. 8 (13): 2875–2878. doi:10.1021/ol061201w. PMID 16774279.
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