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Unexpected Formation of an Azetidine−Carborane Derivative by Dehydration of N-(1,12-Dicarba-c loso-dodecaboran-1-yl)formamide. The First X-ray Structure of a 2,3-Bis(imino)azetidine

Abstract

Efforts to dehydrate (1,12-dicarba-closo-dodecaboran(12)-1-yl)formamide (a = 6.685(2) A, b = 12.877(4) A, c = 12.547(4) A, alpha = gamma = 90 degrees, beta = 90.724(11) degrees, V = 1080.8(6) A(3), Z = 4) resulted in the formation of a series of unexpected products. Addition of the Burgess reagent to the formamide, for example, led to the isolation of the corresponding methyl carbamate (a = 11.529(8) A, b = 11.529(8) A, c = 11.402(12) A, alpha = beta = gamma = 90 degrees, V = 1516(2) A(3), Z = 4), while treatment with triphosgene, a well-known dehydrating agent, resulted in the formation of a highly unusual 2,3-bis(p-carboranylimino)azetidine derivative. This particular compound, in the presence of Re(I), was hydrolyzed to give the corresponding amide, which is the first example of a 2,3-bis(imino)azetidine that has been characterized crystallographically (a = 38.496(13) A, b = 11.920(4) A, c = 27.523(10) A, beta = 127.050(5) degrees, V = 10079(6) A(3), Z = 8).

Authors

Schaffer P; Morel P; Britten JF; Valliant JF

Journal

Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 41, No. 24, pp. 6493–6499

Publisher

American Chemical Society (ACS)

Publication Date

December 1, 2002

DOI

10.1021/ic025828w

ISSN

0020-1669

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