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Volume 67 
Part 8 
Page o1919  
August 2011  

Received 28 June 2011
Accepted 29 June 2011
Online 6 July 2011

Key indicators
Single-crystal X-ray study
T = 298 K
Mean [sigma](C-C) = 0.005 Å
R = 0.093
wR = 0.242
Data-to-parameter ratio = 19.2
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9-Phenyl-3,6-bis(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolan-2-yl)-9H-carbazole

aJiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Pulp & Paper Science & Technology, College of Light Industry Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, People's Republic of China, and bCollege of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, People's Republic of China
Correspondence e-mail: wbwu@yahoo.cn

In the title compound, C30H35B2NO4, the carbazole skeleton is essentially planar (r.m.s. deviation for all non-H atoms = 0.035 Å), and is oriented at a dihedral angle of 65.0 (3)° with respect to the adjacent phenyl ring.

Related literature

The title compound is an intermediate in the synthesis of 9-phenylcarbazole-based optical materials, see: Oliveira et al. (2005[Oliveira, M. M., Salvador, M. A., Coelho, P. J. & Carvalho, L. M. (2005). Tetrahedron, 61, 1681-1691.]). For the synthesis of the title compound, see: Wong et al. (2005[Wong, K.-T., Hung, T.-H., Chao, T.-C. & Ho, T.-I. (2005). Tetrahedron Lett. 46, 855-858.], 2006[Wong, K.-T., Chao, T.-C., Chi, L.-C., Chu, Y.-Y., Balaiah, A., Chiu, S.-F., Liu, Y.-H. & Wang, Y. (2006). Org. Lett. 8, 5033-5036.]); Rashidnadimi et al. (2008[Rashidnadimi, S., Hung, T. H., Wong, K.-T. & Bard, A. J. (2008). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 634-639.]). For related structures, see: Xu et al. (2010[Xu, G.-Y., Geng, W.-Q. & Zhou, H.-P. (2010). Acta Cryst. E66, o571.]); Cui et al. (2009[Cui, J., Duan, M. & Cai, L. (2009). Acta Cryst. E65, o215.]); Saeed et al. (2010[Saeed, A., Kazmi, M., Ameen Samra, S., Irfan, M. & Bolte, M. (2010). Acta Cryst. E66, o2118.]). For standard bond lengths, see: Allen et al. (1987[Allen, F. H., Kennard, O., Watson, D. G., Brammer, L., Orpen, A. G. & Taylor, R. (1987). J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2, pp. S1-19.]).

[Scheme 1]

Experimental

Crystal data
  • C30H35B2NO4

  • Mr = 495.21

  • Orthorhombic, P b c a

  • a = 13.974 (6) Å

  • b = 11.935 (5) Å

  • c = 34.494 (14) Å

  • V = 5753 (4) Å3

  • Z = 8

  • Mo K[alpha] radiation

  • [mu] = 0.07 mm-1

  • T = 298 K

  • 0.3 × 0.2 × 0.1 mm

Data collection
  • Rigaku Mercury2 diffractometer

  • Absorption correction: multi-scan (CrystalClear; Rigaku, 2005[Rigaku (2005). CrystalClear. Rigaku Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.]) Tmin = 0.9, Tmax = 1

  • 49645 measured reflections

  • 6553 independent reflections

  • 5170 reflections with I > 2[sigma](I)

  • Rint = 0.062

Refinement
  • R[F2 > 2[sigma](F2)] = 0.093

  • wR(F2) = 0.242

  • S = 1.16

  • 6553 reflections

  • 342 parameters

  • 15 restraints

  • H-atom parameters constrained

  • [Delta][rho]max = 0.72 e Å-3

  • [Delta][rho]min = -0.52 e Å-3

Data collection: CrystalClear (Rigaku, 2005[Rigaku (2005). CrystalClear. Rigaku Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.]); cell refinement: CrystalClear; data reduction: CrystalClear; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.]); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.]); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.]); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL.


Supplementary data and figures for this paper are available from the IUCr electronic archives (Reference: JH2305 ).


Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful for financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30972321) and the Basic Research Project of the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Provincial Universities (10KJB53007).

References

Allen, F. H., Kennard, O., Watson, D. G., Brammer, L., Orpen, A. G. & Taylor, R. (1987). J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2, pp. S1-19.
Cui, J., Duan, M. & Cai, L. (2009). Acta Cryst. E65, o215.  [CSD] [CrossRef] [details]
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Rashidnadimi, S., Hung, T. H., Wong, K.-T. & Bard, A. J. (2008). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 634-639.  [ISI] [CrossRef] [PubMed] [ChemPort]
Rigaku (2005). CrystalClear. Rigaku Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.
Saeed, A., Kazmi, M., Ameen Samra, S., Irfan, M. & Bolte, M. (2010). Acta Cryst. E66, o2118.  [CrossRef] [details]
Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.  [CrossRef] [details]
Wong, K.-T., Chao, T.-C., Chi, L.-C., Chu, Y.-Y., Balaiah, A., Chiu, S.-F., Liu, Y.-H. & Wang, Y. (2006). Org. Lett. 8, 5033-5036.  [ISI] [CrossRef] [PubMed] [ChemPort]
Wong, K.-T., Hung, T.-H., Chao, T.-C. & Ho, T.-I. (2005). Tetrahedron Lett. 46, 855-858.  [CrossRef] [ChemPort]
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Acta Cryst (2011). E67, o1919  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536811025645 ]

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