Acido-triggered nonlinear optical switches: Benzazolo-oxazolidines

Fabien Mançois, Lionel Sanguinet, Jean Luc Pozzo, Maxime Guillaume, Benoît Champagne, Vincent Rodriguez, Frédéric Adamietz, Laurent Ducasse, Frédéric Castet

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Abstract

This work is the continuation of our previous experimental and theoretical studies aiming at designing efficient nonlinear optical (NLO) switches derived from the benzazolo-oxazolidine core. Here, we report the synthesis and the characterization of the linear and nonlinear optical properties of benzothiazolo[2,3-b]oxazolidine acidochromes by means of hyper-Rayleigh scattering as well as quantum chemical calculations. It is shown that these new derivatives incorporating a benzothiazole subunit exhibit very high static first hyperpolarizability values in their acido-generated form. On the basis of previously reported NLO responses of indolino- and benzimidazolo-oxazolidines, structure-properties relationships within the benzazolo-oxazolidine series are proposed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9795-9802
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of physical chemistry B
Volume111
Issue number33
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 23 Aug 2007

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