Experimental and theoretical determination of the first-order hyperpolarizability of photo- and acidochromic indolino[2,1-b]oxazolidines

F. Castet, L. Ducasse, B. Champagne, L. Sanguinet, J. L. Pozzo, F. Adamietz, V. Rodriguez

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Abstract

We report first-order hyperpolarizability studies of a new series of photo- and acidochromic compounds based on the 10-(2-arylethenyl)indolino[2,1-b] oxazolidine unit combined with various styrylic residues, through polarized hyper-Rayleigh scattering measurements and quantum chemical calculations. The reversible photo- and acido-induced oxazolinic ring opening is accompanied by a major change in the conjugation of the π electrons and therefore NLO-phores are generated. Structure-property relationships concerning intrinsic molecular non-linearity of these multiaddressable molecular switches are presented.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)393-397
Number of pages5
JournalSynthetic Metals
Volume155
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Nov 2005

Keywords

  • Hyperpolarizability
  • Non-linearity
  • Oxazolinic ring

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