The template condensation of diacetylmonooxime hydrazone (HDXO) with n butylboronic acid and dimethyl ester of o carboranyldiboronic acid on the iron(II) ion matrix afforded the [Fe(DXO) 3 (ВBu)](BF 4 ) and [Fe(DXO) 3 (Вo carb)](BF 4 ) semiclathrochelates. The Н + ion catalyzed macrocyclization of these precursors with an excess of formaldehyde and triethyl orthoformate (TOF) resulted in the corresponding macrobicyclic complexes. In the case of o carboranylboronate semiclathrochelate, the macrocyclization with TOF gave the clathro chelate with the previously unknown syn,syn,anti orientation of the ethoxy substituents rela tive to the 1,3,5 triazacyclohexane capping fragment. The complexes obtained were character ized using elemental analysis, IR, UV Vis, MALDI TOF mass, 1 H, 11 B, and 13 C NMR, and 57 Fe Mössbauer spectroscopies and X ray crystallography.A number of mono and binuclear semiclathrochelate iron(II) and cobalt(II,III) tris oxime hydrazonates with bo ron , tin , antimony, and germanium containing cross linking apical groups have been obtained up to date; their Н + catalyzed condensation with triethyl orthoformate (TOF) gave in each case a sole isomer of the clathrochelate complex. In the case of boron containing clathrochelates, the ethoxy groups and the semiclathrochelate fragment are syn,syn,syn oriented with respect to the mean plane of the 1,3,5 triazacyclohexane ring, 1 whereas in the tin , antimony , and germanium containing complexes, the ethoxy groups have the anti,anti,anti orientation. 2-4 This difference was explained 5 by the change in the geometry of the semiclathrochelate precursor from trigonal pris matic (TP) for boron containing compounds to trigonal antiprismatic (TAP) for other types of cross linking groups.In this study, we planned to synthesize the binuclear clathrochelate oximehydrazonates using an о carboranyl diboronic acid derivative and to obtain previously un known n butylboronate iron(II) semiclathrochelate and to perform its macrocyclization with TOF.
Results and DiscussionOnly few о carborane containing organoboron com pounds with the С-B bond, obtained by reactions of boron trichloride with appropriate С lithium derivatives, are described in the literature. 6 We synthesized methyl ester of о carboranyldiboronic acid (1) by a similar pro cedure starting from о carborane with chlorodimethoxy borane as a borylating agent (Scheme 1). According to 11 B{ 1 H} NMR spectrum of the reaction mixture, the de gree of conversion was ~75%. Apart from signals of the boron atoms of the symmetrically substituted carborane polyhedron, this spectrum contained the characteristic * Dedicated to Academician G. A. Abakumov on the occasion of his 70th birthday.