The conformation around the boron atom is nearly tetrahedral, with Br-B-Br bond angles of 109.14(19) •
COMMENTA new one-pot method for the synthesis of trimethylaminedibromocarboxyborane esters from trimethylaminecarboxyborane in high purity and excellent yields was reported previously.1 Since a boron-attached bromine atom is considered to be a good leaving group, 2 such compounds are considered as precursors for boron-substituted amine carboxyboranes, which are isoelectronic boron analogs of α-amino acids and their derivatives.3 In this connection, the molecular structure has been determined, Fig. 1. The conformation around the boron atom is nearly ideally tetrahedral, with Br-B-Br bond angles of 109.14(19)• and slightly wider N-B-C bond angles up to 113.6(3)• . The observed data are comparable to those found in related compounds that contain an N-BBr 2 -C fragment.4,5
EXPERIMENTALThe title compound was prepared from trimethylaminecarboxyborane in a one-pot method as described elsewhere.