The first examples of the hitherto unknown 1,2,4-Trithia-3,5-diborolanes with B-O-C-bonds have been synthesized and characterised. The diiodo substituted ring (2) reacts with 2,6-dimethylphenol, to form 3,5-bis-(2,6-dimethylphenyloxi)-1,2,4-trithia-3,5-di-borolane (3) and HI. 3,5-Diethoxi-1,2,4-trithia-3,5-diborolane, 5, and C2H5I are formed via the cleavage of diethylether by 2. From 2 and diisopropylether, the corresponding 3,5-diisopropyloxi-1,2,4-trithia-3,5-diborolane (6) is formed. The unsymmetrical ethers methyl-t-butylether and methylphenylether undergo reactions with 2 resulting in the formation of 3,5-dimethyloxi-1,2,4-trithia-3,5-diborolane (8) (besides t-C4H9I) and 3,5-diphenyloxi-1,2,4-trithia-3,5-diborolane (10) (besides CH3I). The thermal stability of the new compounds is increasing with increasing size of R in the -OR group and from aliphatic to aromatic R in this group. IR, Raman, 1H NMR and 11B NMR spectra of the compounds are reported as well as some physical and chemical properties.
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Schmidt et al. (1981) studied this question.