Structures of molecular addition compounds. I. Monomethyl amine—boron trifluoride, H3CH2N–BF3
Structures of molecular addition compounds. I. Monomethyl amine—boron trifluoride, H3CH2N–BF3
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分子加成化合物的结构。 一甲胺-三氟化硼,H3CH2N-BF3。
DOI:
10.1107/s0365110x50000276
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发表时间:
1950
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通讯作者:
J. Hoard
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作者:
S. Geller;J. Hoard
X-ray data obtained from crystals of H3 CH~ N-BFa lead to a monoelinie unit of structure with a= 5.06, b--7-28, c--5.81 A.,/?-101 31', containing two stoichiometric molecules. All of the X-ray data are consistent with the space group P2z/m. Approximate positions of the atoms (other than hydrogen) were determined by the use of various Patterson syntheses, and the parameters refined by means of various Fourier syntheses. There are several important and interesting features of the structure of H3CHgN-BF3. The BN bond is 1.58 A., 0.09 A. longer than the value predicted on the basis of Pauling's covalent radii with application of a correction for difference of electronegativity between boron and nitrogen. Yet the compound is stable at ordinary temperatures. The nitrogen atom does not form four equivalent tetra-hedral bonds in H3CH~ N-BF3 (/_B-NC= 114). The methyl group and fluorine atoms are in the staggered configuration. The deviations of the FBF angle (111) and the FBN angle (108) from the tetrahedral value (I09 28'), of the value for the BF bond (1-37 A.) from the predicted value, 1-39 A.(Schomaker & Stevenson, 1941; Bauer & Beach, I941), and of the CN bond (I. 50 A.) from 1.47 A. cannot be said to be very significant since the limits of error may be such as to make these differences unreal. On the other hand, there is some evidence from the results of the X-ray diffraction investigation of tIsCCN-BF3 (the second paper in this series) and of the electron diffraction investigation of (H3C)~ O-BF3 that indicates that these differences are possible. The results of the former study leave little doubt that the boron atom need not form four equivalent tetrahedral bonds, whereas the results of the latter give some indication that the stretching of the CN bond in H3CH2N-BF8 is probable. All of the important interatomic distances have been calculated and the packing arrangement of the molecules in the crystal is discussed.Introduction The discovery, in recent years, of many new boron com-pounds, and of interesting and important properties of both old and new compounds, has led to increased study of them. It is generally considered that in molecules such as the boron trihalides or trimethyl boron, boron has a strong