Second-harmonic generation studies of chiral organic salts

B Borecka-Bednarz, AV Bree…

Index: Borecka-Bednarz, Bozena; Bree, Alan V.; Patrick, Brian O.; Scheffer, John R.; Trotter, James Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 1998 , vol. 76, # 11 p. 1616 - 1632

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Abstract

Second-harmonic generation in the solid state is restricted to materials that crystallize in non- centrosymmetric space groups. Unfortunately, the vast majority of solids crystallize in centrosymmetric space groups and are therefore SHG-inactive. The requirement for solid- state asymmetry is addressed in a new series of organic salts. The acid p- nitrophenylglycine, SHG-inactive due to its centrosymmetric (P 1) packing, was coupled to ...