Bis(9H-9-borabicyclo[3.3.l]nonane) (9H-Q-BBN)z reacts with (tb),mPz, and (tb),ePz, respectively] to give the 9-pyrazolyl-9-pyrazole (Pz) and its 4-bromo, 3-methyl, 3-phenyl, 3,5-dimethyl, borabicyclo[3.3.l]nonanes with the dimeric structures (1)2 -(3)2 3-methyl-5-phenyL 3S-dipheny1, 3S-di-tert-buty1, 3,5-diada-(X-ray, NMR, and MS analysis), and 4 -11 with monomeric mantyl, 3,5-di-terf-butyl-l-methyl, and 3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-ethyl structures (X-ray, NMR, MS In a previous publication*) we have shown that substituents in the 3-and/or 5-position of pyrazoles hinder the coordination of these N bases to the boron atom(s) of bis(l,5-cyclooctanediylboryl) oxide or sulfide. Dialkyl-pyrazolyl-boranes in the monomeric form I with a trigonal boron atom should become accessible by utilizing these steric interactions. This class of boron-nitrogen compounds has been extensively studied, and in all cases its members have been found to exist in the dimeric state U3-5) (X-ray'), NMR'), and MS8) analysis). The only monomeric pyrazolylborane species reported so far are the diamino-pyrazolylboranes 1119', in which the Lewis acidity of the trigonal boron atom can be assumed to be significantly reduced by n orbital interactions with the three neighbouring nitrogen atoms. In a preliminary account of this work") we have shown that pyrazoles with very bulky substituents in their 3-and 5-positions react with bis(9H-9-borabicyclo-[3.3.l]nonane) (9H-9-BBN)2 to form the corresponding monomeric 9-pyrazolyl-9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonanes. In this publication we show how the reaction of (9H-9-BBN)z with a number of pyrazoles with progressively increased number and sizes of the substituents gradually decreases the stability of the dimeric form and eventually leads to stable monomeric diorgano-pyrazolyl-boranes.
Results and DiscussionThe dimeric 9-pyrazolyl-9-borabicyclo[3.3.l]nonane (1)* has previously been obtained in an indirect way by the reaction of the B20N2 heterocycle 1V with (9H-9-BBN);l).We have now found that (l)z is more readily accessible by