Elsevier, Dyes and Pigments, 3(80), p. 329-336
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2008.08.001
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Six new hyperpolarizable chromophores based on functionalized arylthiophene donors and an imidazo-phenanthroline acceptor moiety have been designed and synthesized for the first time in good to excellent yields by condensation of 5,6-phenantroline-dione with formyl-arylthiophene derivatives in the presence of ammonium acetate in glacial acetic acid. The thermal stability, solvatochromic and nonlinear optical properties of these compounds were evaluated.