Crystallographic characterization of the geometry changes upon electron loss from 2-tert-butyl-3-aryl-2,3-diazabicyclo 2.2.2 octanes

Crystal structures of 2-tert-butyl-3-(2,3,5,6-tetramethylphenyl)-2,3-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]-octane radical cation nitrate (HyDU+NO_3-) [Hy = (2-tert-butyl-2,3-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-3-yl]; 2-tert-butyl-3-(1-naphthyl)-2,3-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane radical cation hexafluoroantiminate (Hy^1NA+SbF_6-); 2-tert-butyl-3-(2-naphthyl)-2,3-diazabicyclo-[2.2.2]octane radical cation hexafluoroantiminate (Hy^2NA+SbF_6-); 1,5-bis(2-tert-butyl-2,3-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-3-yl)naphthalene dication bis(tetraphenylborate) (Hy_2^(15)NA^(2+)(Ph_4B^-)_2); and 2,7-bis(2-tert-butyl-2,3-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-3-yl)naphthalene dication bis(hexafluoroantiminate) (Hy_2^(27)NA^(2+)(SbF_6^-)_2·CH_3CN) are reported, and the geometries about the oxidized Hy units compared with literature data for neutral Hy-substituted analogues and the geometry changes upon electron loss for these compounds, which have a lone pair, lone pair twist angle in the neutral form (θ(0)) in the range 122−130°, are compared with those for tetraalkylhydrazines that have θ(0) values near 180, 90, and 0°