Vibrational and quantum-chemical study of push-pull chromophores for second-order nonlinear optics from rigidified thiophene-based π-conjugating spacers

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作者
Delgado, MCR
Hernández, V
Casado, J
Navarrete, JTL [1 ]
Raimundo, JM
Blanchard, P
Roncali, J
机构
[1] Univ Malaga, Fac Ciencias, Dept Quim Fis, E-29071 Malaga, Spain
[2] Univ Angers, CNRS, UMR 6501, Grp Syst Conjuges Lineaires, F-49045 Angers, France
关键词
density functional calculations; IR spectroscopy; nonlinear optics; push-pull oligomers; Raman spectroscopy;
D O I
10.1002/chem.200204542
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
Two types of push-pull chromophores built around thiophene-based it-conjugating spacers rigidified by either covalent bonds or noncovalent intramolecular interactions have been analysed by means of IR and Raman spectroscopical measurements in the solid state as well as in a variety of solvents. Comparison of the Raman features of NLO-phores based on a covalently rigidified dithienylene (DTE) spacer with those of their open chain DTE analogues shows that the bridging of the central double bond of DTE with the nearest P-positions of the thienyl units through two ethylene bridges significantly improves the intramolecular charge transfer. This also occurs for NLO-phores based on a 2,2'-bi(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (BEDOT) spacer as compared with their corresponding parent compounds based on an unsubstituted bithiophene (BT) spacer. For NLO-phores based on a BEDOT spacer, noncovalent intramolecular interactions between sulfur and oxygen atoms are responsible for the rigidification of the spacer. The Raman spectra of these NLO-phores obtained in the form of solutes in dilute solutions reveal two different behaviours: i) chromophores based on covalently bridged or open chain DTE spacers display Raman spectral profiles in solution quite similar to those of the corresponding solids, with a very little dependence on the polarity of the solvent, while ii) larger spectral changes are noticed for NLO-phores built around BEDOT or BT spacers on going from solids to solutions. In the second case, spectral changes must be ascribed not solely to conformational distortions of the donor and acceptor end groups with respect to the it-conjugated backbone meansquare-plane (as for the DTE-based NLO-phores) but also to distortions of the thienyl units of the pi-conjugating spacer from coplanarity. The insertion of vinylenic bridges between the thienyl units of the it-conjugating spacer and between the spacer and the donor and acceptor end groups is a suitable strategy to reach a fairly large intramolecular charge transfer both in polar and nonpolar solvents. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations have been carried out to assign the relevant electronic and vibrational features and to derive useful information about the molecular structure of these NLO-phores.
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