Structure–property relationships and third-order nonlinearities in diketopyrrolopyrrole based D–π–A–π–D molecules

• Jan Podlesný,
• Lenka Dokládalová,
• Oldřich Pytela,
• Adam Urbanec,
• Milan Klikar,
• Numan Almonasy,
• Tomáš Mikysek,
• Jaroslav Jedryka,
• Iwan V. Kityk and
• Filip Bureš

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2374–2384, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.235

• generation. The experimental data were completed by quantum-chemical calculations and structure–property relationships were elucidated. Keywords: calculations; diketopyrrolopyrrole; electrochemistry; electronic spectra; push–pull; third-harmonic generation; Introduction Known for more than 40 years

• absorption cross-section (δ2PA) generally ranging from 100–2500 GM, but for instance DPPs end-capped with imidazolium [21] or dendritic thiophenes [16] showed δ2PA of 4000 and 7000 GM, respectively. However, to the best of our knowledge, the third-harmonic generation (THG) NLO process has not been

• ). Nonlinear optical properties The third harmonic generation (THG) measurements of target chromophores 1–5 were carried out by using a 1064 nm Nd:YAG source beam. Due to the relatively high absorption of chromophores 1–5 around 355 nm, the observation of the THG was possible only in the reflected light

Imidazole as a parent π-conjugated backbone in charge-transfer chromophores

• Jiří Kulhánek and
• Filip Bureš

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 25–49, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.4

• (benzimidazolyl)pyrazines 70 (Figure 13; [75][77]) represent further examples of interesting polymers functionalized with benzimidazole-based CT chromophores. Unfortunately, no NLO properties were investigated. In 2002, Kudryavtsev et al. reported third-harmonic generation in copolymer films (polyamides