Acidoswitchable NLO-phores: benzimidazolo[2,3-b]oxazolidines.
This paper presents a series of acidoswitchable NLO-phores combining the 9-methylbenzimidazolo[2,3-b]oxazolidine core with various pi systems such as phenylethenyl, phenylethynyl, and naphthylethenyl. All the prepared derivatives are shown to display acidochromic behavior at ambient temperature. The remarkable contrast in the NLO response along the reversible transformations observed in HRS experiments is rationalized by high level theoretical calculations.
Sanguinet
Lionel
L
Chimie Supramoléculaire, Biomimétisme et Nanoscience, UMR 5802 CNRS, Cours de la Libération, 351, F-33405 Talence Cedex, France.
Pozzo
Jean-Luc
JL
Guillaume
Maxime
M
Champagne
Benoît
B
Castet
Frédéric
F
Ducasse
Laurent
L
Maury
Etienne
E
Soulié
Jérémy
J
Mançois
Fabien
F
Adamietz
Frédéric
F
Rodriguez
Vincent
V