Synthesis and structures of thieno[2,3-b]thiophene incorporated [3.3]dithiacyclophanes. Enhanced first hyperpolarizability in an unsymmetrically polarized cyclophane

Sabir H. Mashraqui*, Yogesh S. Sangvikar, Auke Meetsma

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Abstract

Dithiacyclophanes incorporating thieno[2,3-b]thiophene have been synthesized. in order to investigate the nonlinear optical properties of donor-acceptor cyclophane 7. Cyclophane 7 displayed significantly higher first hyperpolarizability beta (21.6 x 10(-30) esu) compared to model 10 (9.58 x 10(-30) esu). Relatively higher in 7 presumably arises from an extra electron redistribution arising from through-space charge transfer, a feature lacking in 10. Moreover. the thermal decomposition temperature of 7 (300 degrees C) is higher than that reported for the NLO prototype DAN (295 degrees C). (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5599-5602
Number of pages4
JournalTetrahedron Letters
Volume47
Issue number31
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31-Jul-2006

Keywords

  • cyclophanes
  • thieno[2.3-b]thiophene
  • X-ray structures
  • UV-vis
  • first hyperpolarizability
  • through-space charge redistribution
  • NONLINEAR-OPTICAL CHROMOPHORES
  • PARACYCLOPHANE
  • DELOCALIZATION

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