A `tetrameric' 3,4-di-p-tolyl-1,2,5-oxadiborole derivative

Abstract

In the title compound, 1,1,6a,7,9a,10-hexachloro-2,3,5,6,8,9,11,12-octa-p-tolyl-1,6a,9a,12a-tetraborata-3a,4a,7,10-tetrabora-4a(1),6b,9b,12b-tetraoxonia-4-oxatetracyclopenta[1,2-a:2,1,5-de:1,2-g:1,2-i]naphthalene dichloromethane pentasolvate, C(64)H(56)B(8)Cl(6)O(5).5CH(2)Cl(2), two condensed oxadiborole rings are attached to two further oxadiborole rings in a type of donor-acceptor bonding, thus forming a ten-membered alternating (B-O)(5) naphthalene-like arrangement as the central building block.