Author(s)

Makoto Minato^1*, Chiharu Sorai¹, Takashi Ito¹, Masashi Kiguchi², Midori Kato²

¹Department of Materials Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan.
²Advanced Research Laboratory, Hitachi Ltd., Hatoyama, Japan.

Much interest has been devoted to organometallic NLO materials. We have become interested in exploring the utility of ferrocenyl group as the conjugating bridge. Thus, we synthesized 1-{{[1,3-(5-methylbenzo)dithiol]-2-yli- dene}methyl}-1’-[2-(p-nitrophenyl)-(E)-ethenyl]ferrocene (1). This new ferrocenyl compound has a donor and an acceptor group in 1,1’-positions. Investigations of the solvatochromic property of the compound revealed that it has polarized structure in a polar solvent, such as DMF. SHG efficiency of the compound was estimated by an SHEW (second-harmonic generation with the evanescent wave) method.

Nonlinear Optical Material, Ferrocenyl Derivative, Solvatochromic Property, SHG Efficiency

Minato, M. , Sorai, C. , Ito, T. , Kiguchi, M. and Kato, M. (2017) Synthesis and Spectroscopic Properties of Ferrocenyl Derivative Containing Donor and Acceptor Groups. International Journal of Organic Chemistry, 7, 284-294. doi: 10.4236/ijoc.2017.73022.