Synthesis, crystal structure, and DFT study of N-(2-fluoro-4-(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxin-2-yl)phenyl)- 3-methylbutanamide

N-(2-fluoro-4-(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolan-2-yl)phenyl)-3-methyl-butanamide is an important boric acid derivative. In this article, the title compound is obtained by a two-step substitution reaction. The structure of the title compound is verified by FTIR, 1H and 13C NMR, and MS. Simultaneously, the single crystal structure of the title compound is gauged by X-ray diffraction and subjected to crystallographic and conformational analyses. Density functional theory (DFT) is applied to further calculate the molecular structure and compare it with X-ray values. The result of the conformational analysis shows that the molecular structure optimized by DFT is identical with the single crystal structure determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. In addition, DFT is used to further study the molecular electrostatic potential and frontier molecular orbitals of the title compound, revealing the molecular structure characteristics, conformation, and some special physical and chemical properties of the title compound.