Tetrakis(dimethoxyboryl)methane

Tetrakis(dimethoxyboryl)methane

The title compound, tetrakis(dimethoxyboryl)methane (systematic name: octamethyl methanetetrayltetraboronate), C9H24B4O8 or C[B(OMe)2]4, is a useful synthetic intermediate. Crystals of this compound at 102 K conform to the orthorhombic space group Pbcn. The molecules, which reside on sites of crysta...

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Main Authors: Sumeng Liu, Gregory S. Girolami
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Union of Crystallography 2016-08-01
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crystal structure
tetrakis(dimethoxyboryl)methane
methane derivative
Online Access:http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S2414314616012645
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spelling doaj-9060dba7c6d04578ade75577f63a47932020-11-25T00:20:30ZengInternational Union of CrystallographyIUCrData2414-31462016-08-0118x16126410.1107/S2414314616012645rz4004Tetrakis(dimethoxyboryl)methaneSumeng Liu0Gregory S. Girolami1School of Chemical Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600, South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USASchool of Chemical Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600, South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USAThe title compound, tetrakis(dimethoxyboryl)methane (systematic name: octamethyl methanetetrayltetraboronate), C9H24B4O8 or C[B(OMe)2]4, is a useful synthetic intermediate. Crystals of this compound at 102 K conform to the orthorhombic space group Pbcn. The molecules, which reside on sites of crystallographic twofold symmetry, have idealized -4 point symmetry like most other CX4 molecules in which each X group bears two non-H substituents at the 1-position. The central C atom has a slightly distorted tetrahedral coordination geometry, with C—B bond lengths of 1.5876 (16) and 1.5905 (16) Å. One of the methoxy groups is disordered over two sets of sites; the major component has an occupancy factor of 0.676 (8).http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S2414314616012645crystal structuretetrakis(dimethoxyboryl)methanemethane derivative
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author Sumeng Liu
Gregory S. Girolami
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Gregory S. Girolami
Tetrakis(dimethoxyboryl)methane
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crystal structure
tetrakis(dimethoxyboryl)methane
methane derivative
author_facet Sumeng Liu
Gregory S. Girolami
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title Tetrakis(dimethoxyboryl)methane
title_short Tetrakis(dimethoxyboryl)methane
title_full Tetrakis(dimethoxyboryl)methane
title_fullStr Tetrakis(dimethoxyboryl)methane
title_full_unstemmed Tetrakis(dimethoxyboryl)methane
title_sort tetrakis(dimethoxyboryl)methane
publisher International Union of Crystallography
series IUCrData
issn 2414-3146
publishDate 2016-08-01
description The title compound, tetrakis(dimethoxyboryl)methane (systematic name: octamethyl methanetetrayltetraboronate), C9H24B4O8 or C[B(OMe)2]4, is a useful synthetic intermediate. Crystals of this compound at 102 K conform to the orthorhombic space group Pbcn. The molecules, which reside on sites of crystallographic twofold symmetry, have idealized -4 point symmetry like most other CX4 molecules in which each X group bears two non-H substituents at the 1-position. The central C atom has a slightly distorted tetrahedral coordination geometry, with C—B bond lengths of 1.5876 (16) and 1.5905 (16) Å. One of the methoxy groups is disordered over two sets of sites; the major component has an occupancy factor of 0.676 (8).
topic crystal structure
tetrakis(dimethoxyboryl)methane
methane derivative
url http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S2414314616012645
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