New class of imidazoles incorporated with thiophenevinyl conjugation pathway for robust nonlinear optical chromophores

A new series of thermally stable heterocyclic imidazole-based nonlinear optical chromophores has been developed. These chromophores possess a thiophene based stilbene conjugation pathway with a nitro acceptor group attached to the phenyl end. This feature leads to robust chromophores with high therm...

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Published inTetrahedron letters Vol. 42; no. 5; pp. 805 - 808
Main Authors Santos, Javier, Mintz, Eric A, Zehnder, Oliver, Bosshard, Christian, Bu, Xiu R, Günter, Peter
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published OXFORD Elsevier Ltd 29.01.2001
Elsevier
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Chemistry
Chemistry, Organic
Physical Sciences
Science & Technology
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Summary:A new series of thermally stable heterocyclic imidazole-based nonlinear optical chromophores has been developed. These chromophores possess a thiophene based stilbene conjugation pathway with a nitro acceptor group attached to the phenyl end. This feature leads to robust chromophores with high thermal stability and enhanced molecular nonlinearity A new series of highly thermally stable NLO chromophores has been developed based on thiophene-containing imidazoles.
ISSN:0040-4039
1873-3581
DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)02143-2