A distinctive example of the cooperative interplay of structure and environment in tuning of intramolecular charge transfer in second-order nonlinear optical chromophores

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1991-2007

  Abbotto, Alessandro ^a   Beverina, Luca ^a   Bradamante, Silvia ^b   Facchetti, Antonio ^a   Klein, Christopher ^c   Pagani, Giorgio A ^a   Redi Abshiro, Mesfin ^c   Wortmann, Rüdiger ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ab initio calculations; Annelation; Heterocyclic zwitterions; NMR spectroscopy; Nonlinear optics

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; CHARGE TRANSFER; DYES; NEGATIVE IONS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

PROTONATION;

CHROMOPHORES;

ACRIDINE; AMPHOLYTE; METHANE; NITRILE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; HYDROPHILICITY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTON TRANSPORT; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0038814054     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200204356     Document Type: Article

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