Self-complementary nonlinear optical-phores targeted to halogen bond-driven self-assembly of electro-optic materials

…, P Metrangolo, F Meyer, T Pilati, G Resnati…

Index: Bruce, Duncan W.; Metrangolo, Pierangelo; Meyer, Franck; Pilati, Tullio; Praesang, Carsten; Resnati, Giuseppe; Terraneo, Giancarlo; Wainwright, Stephen G.; Whitwood, Adrian C. Chemistry - A European Journal, 2010 , vol. 16, # 31 p. 9511 - 9524

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Abstract

Three push− pull molecules having either pyridyl or N, N-dimethylanilino groups as electron- donor moieties and the p-iodo-tetrafluorophenyl ring as an electron-acceptor group have been synthesized and their X-ray structures are reported. Halogen bonding drives the self- assembly of these molecules giving rise to head-to-tail halogen-bonded polar chains crystallizing in an antiparallel arrangement. The new nonlinear optical-phores show high ...