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

• Published in: Tetrahedron 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
• Language: English
• Published: OXFORD Elsevier Ltd 29.01.2001; Elsevier
• Subjects: Chemistry; Chemistry, Organic; Physical Sciences; Science & Technology; POLYMERS; DERIVATIVES

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...