Abstract
A computational (ZINDO) investigation is employed to estimate the molecular hyperpolarizability (β) of a [(TTF−NH2)8] (TTF = tetrathiafulvalene) octameric stack at various fractional (0 < ρ < 1) oxidation states of TTFρ+. While the neutral [(TTF−NH2)8] octamer exhibits a modest (7.6 × 10-30 cm5 esu-1) static β0 value, in relation to a nearly centrosymmetric electronic structure, the formal (TTF−NH2)0.25+ oxidation state leads to a giant (β0 = 3891 × 10-30 cm5 esu-1 per octamer) NLO response. This effect is related to the appearance of an extremely intense HOMO → LUMO-based low-lying transition, occurring at 1260 nm upon fractional oxidation, thus providing new and unexpected interest in TTF-donor substituted molecules. To illustrate the chemical feasibility of such species, two kinds of derivatives are synthesized: a TTF-dimethylaniline (TTF-DMA) by using in particular a Suzuki cross-coupling reaction between iodo-TTF and p-dimethylaminophenylboronic acid and a TTF-vinyldimethylaniline (TTF-VDMA) by a Wi...
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