Some new N-protected amino acid derivatives of phenylboronic acid: preparation, structural chemistry and insight into structural aspects based on spectroscopic studies

Abstract Some new 1,3-dihydro-1,3-dioxo-α-substituted-2H-isoindo­le-2-acetic acid derivatives of phenylboronic acid of compo­sitions PhBOH[O 2 CCH(R) C(O)] and PhB[O 2 CCH (R) (O)] 2 [where -CH(R)=-CH 2 CH 2 -, R=-CH 2 ­­C 6 H 5 , -CH(CH 3 ) 2 , and -CH(CH 3 )C 2 H 5 ] have been prepared by the reaction of phenylboronic acid with N-protected amino acids in 1:1 and 1:2 molar ratios in dry refluxing benzene. Plausible structures of these newly synthesized N-protected amino acid derivatives of phenylboronic acid have been proposed on the basis of physicochemical and spectroscopic studies. 11 B NMR data reveal the presence of tetracoordinated boron centers in these N-protected amino acid derivatives of phenylboronic acid.