Synthesis, Growth and Characterization of 4-Benzeneazoaniline Single Crystal

T. Kishore Kumar, S. Janarthanan, S. Pandi, M. Victor Antony Raj, Kanagalakshmi  , D. Prem Anand

Department of Physics, Loyola College, Chennai – 600034, India.
Department of Physics, Presidency College, Chennai – 600005, India.
Department of Physics, St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai – 627002, India.

DOI: 10.4236/jmmce.2010.911069                

Abstract

A new organic nonlinear optical material 4-Benzeneazoaniline (C₁₂H₁₁N₃) was synthesized by diazotization and diazocoupling mechanisms. Single crystal of 4-Benzeneazoaniline was grown by slow evaporation of methanol solution at room temperature. Transparent crystals with size up_to 13x4x4 mm³ were obtained. Single crystal X-ray diffractometer was utilized to measure the unit cell parameters and to confirm the crystal structure. The structure of compound was further confirmed by FTIR, ¹H & ¹³C NMR and mass spectral analyses. The UV-Vis-NIR result shows that the crystal has a sharp cut off at 220 nm and is nearly 75% transparent over a wide wavelength range enabling it for application in the UV region. The optical energy gap of 4- Benzeneazoaniline was found to be 3.4 eV. Thermal properties of crystals were investigated using thermogravimetric and differential scanning calorimetric analyses, which indicated that the material does not decompose before melting. The NLO test confirms the second harmonic signal generation in the sample.

Keywords

crystal growth, X-ray diffraction, NMR, DSC

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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