D-π-A Compounds with Tunable Intramolecular Charge Transfer Achieved by Incorporation of Butenolide Nitriles as Acceptor Moieties

Carlos Moreno-Yruela, Javier Garín, Jesús Orduna, Santiago Franco, Estefanía Quintero, Juan T López Navarrete, Beatriz E Diosdado, Belén Villacampa, Juan Casado, Raquel Andreu

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    Abstract

    Chromophores where a polyenic spacer separates a 4H-pyranylidene or benzothiazolylidene donor and three different butenolide nitriles have been synthesized and characterized. The role of 2(5H)-furanones as acceptor units on the polarization and the second-order nonlinear (NLO) properties has been studied. Thus, their incorporation gives rise to moderately polarized structures with NLO responses that compare favorably to those of related compounds featuring more efficient electron-withdrawing moieties. Derivatives of the proaromatic butenolide PhFu show the best nonlinearities. Benzothiazolylidene-containing chromophores present less alternated structures than their pyranylidene analogues, and, unlike most merocyanines, the degree of charge transfer does not decrease on lengthening the π-bridge.

    Original languageEnglish
    JournalJournal of Organic Chemistry
    Volume80
    Issue number24
    Pages (from-to)12115-28
    Number of pages14
    ISSN0022-3263
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 20 Nov 2015

    Keywords

    • Journal Article
    • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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