摘要:
Two series of organometallic merocyanines incorporating a variety of bithienyl moieties both as spacers and end groups were synthesised, In the first series the bithienyls function as end groups and were appended to an acceptor derived from [Fe-2(eta (5)-C5H5)(2)(CO)(2)(mu -CO)(mu -C-CH3)](+) [BF4](-). In the second series, ferrocene acting as an organometallic donor was incorporated into the chromophores at the far terminus of the bithienyl spacers. The molecular first hyperpolarisabilities beta of the second series were determined by hyper-Rayleigh scattering and the values range from 429 x 10(-30) esu to 867 x 10-30 esu in dichloromethane. A single crystal X-ray study of [Fe-2(eta (5)-C5H5)(2)(CO)(2)(mu -CO)(2)(mu-(E)-C-CH=CH-7-(thieno[3,2-e][1]benzothiophene))](+) [BF4](-). CH2Cl2 is reported. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.