Dehydration of ortho‐, meta‐ and para‐alkoxy phenylboronic acids to their corresponding boroxines.

Agnieszka Adamczyk-Wozniak; Ewa Kaczorowska; Jana Kredatusova; Izabela Madura; Paulina Marek; Alicja Matuszewska; Andrzej Sporzyński; Mariusz Uchman

Index: 10.1002/ejic.201701485

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Abstract

Isomeric iso‐butoxy phenylboronic acids (ortho‐, meta‐, para‐) were synthesized and their properties such as pKa and thermal stability have been compared. Molecular and crystal structure of the para isomer was determined by single crystal XRD method. DSC and TGA measurements of all the isomers have been carried out to study their dehydration as well as thermal stability. The results show that the position of the substituent in phenylboronic acids influences their acidity as well as possible formation of the corresponding boroxines.