Abstract
The boron compound, 4,6-di-tert-butyl-2-mesitylbenzo-[d][1,3,2]dioxaborole, was isolated and the molecular structure was determined by a single crystal X-ray diffraction study at 198 K. The compound crystallizes in a monoclinic system, space group P2(1)/n and Z = 4 with cell parameters of a = 15.017(3)Å, b = 9.6038(19)Å, c = 15.896(3)Å, β = 113.712(3)°, V = 2099.0(7)Å3. The R1 [I > 2σ(I)] and wR2 (all data) values are 0.0430 and 0.1298, respectively, for all 4709 independent reflections. The molecular structure analysis reveals the boron atom lies in a roughly trigonal environment that contains one catecholato group and one mesitylene group.
