title: Reactions of hydroxymesitylboranes with metal alkyls: an approach to new sterically hindered (metaloxy)mesitylboranes.
abstract: Reactions of mesitylboronic acid with alkyl derivatives of aluminum R(3)Al (R = Me, Et, Bu(i)), gallium (Me(3)Ga), and zinc (Et(2)Zn) were investigated. The treatment of mesitylboronic acid, MesB(OH)(2), with trimethylgallium afforded the discrete dimer [mu-(MesB(OH)O)GaMe(2)](2) (1), which is the simple example of a O-metalated boronic acid with no hydrogen bonding in the crystal lattice. In addition, the reaction of dimesitylborinic acid, Mes(2)BOH, with diethylzinc produced the low-valent zinc compound [(mu-Mes(2)BO)ZnEt](2) (2), which was also characterized by X-ray diffraction.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Romana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Anulewicz-Ostrowska
authors.forename: Sergiusz
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Luliński
authors.forename: Edyta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pindelska
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Serwatowski