Abstract:

There is currently considerable interest in the synthesis of new material with large second-order optical nonlinearities^[1-2]. Ferrocenyl derivatives that we synthesized should offer the nonlinear optical properties because they possess (-donor acceptor interactions and non-centrosymmetry. In these compounds, ferrocenyl moiety is strong donor and pyridinium moiety can provide low-lying (^* acceptor orbitals. Furthermore, these ferrocenyl compounds may also be used in preparation of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs)^[3] due to their long alkyl chain that can be anchored on metal oxide by carboxylic group. The synthesis of ferrocenyl derivatives is shown in Scheme 1.