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Syntheses and characterization of ferrocenylthiocarboxylate-containing coordination compounds for nonlinear optics

  • Haiyan Yang
  • , Linke Li
  • , Yinglin Song
  • , Hongwei Hou*
  • , Yaoting Fan
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Zhengzhou University
  • Soochow University

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Abstract

Four metal-organic coordination compounds containing ferrocenylthiocarboxylate components, [Cd22-SOCFc)212-SOCFc)2(4,4′-bpy)]n (1), [Cd(SOCFc)2(tmp)]n (tmp = 4,4′-trimethylene-dipyridine) (2) [Zn(SOCFc)2(2,2′-bpy)] (3), and {[Hg(SOCFc)2(phen)] · (0.5CH3OH)} (4) (Fc = (η5-C5H5)Fe(η5-C5H4)), have been prepared in search of good nonlinear optical (NLO) materials. Investigation of the NLO properties shows that Hg-containing compound 4 exhibits very strong third-order NLO absorptive and refractive effects. The NLO absorptive coefficient α2 value (2.11 × 10-10 m W-1) is larger than those of all the reported ferrocenylcarboxylate-containing coordination compounds and comparable to the well-performing Hg-containing complexes. Additionally, we further analyzed their NLO behaviors through studying electrochemical properties of the four compounds.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2624-2630
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Organometallic Chemistry
Volume693
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Jul 2008
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Coordination compounds
  • Electrochemical properties
  • Ferrocenylthiocarboxylate
  • Nonlinear optical properties

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