A hybrid ruthenium alkynyl/zinc porphyrin "Cross Fourchée" with large cubic nonlinear optical properties.

Areej Merhi (1) , Guillaume Grelaud (2, 1) , Katy A Green (2) , Ngo Hoang Minh (3) , Michael Reynolds (3) , Isabelle Ledoux (3) , Adam Barlow (2) , Genmiao Wang (2) , Marie P Cifuentes (2) , Mark G Humphrey (2) , Frédéric Paul (1) , Christine O Paul-Roth (1)

1 ISCR - Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes
2 Research School of Chemistry
3 LPQM - Laboratoire de Photonique Quantique et Moléculaire

A new Zn(ii) porphyrin-cored ruthenium alkynyl dendrimer (2) containing twelve Ru(κ2-dppe)2 bis-alkynyl fragments has been prepared in two steps from 5,10,15,20-tetra(4-ethynylphenyl)porphyrinatozinc(ii) and shown to be highly active for third-harmonic generation (THG) at 1907 nm

Domains: Chemical Sciences

Areej Merhi, Guillaume Grelaud, Katy A Green, Ngo Hoang Minh, Michael Reynolds, et al.. A hybrid ruthenium alkynyl/zinc porphyrin "Cross Fourchée" with large cubic nonlinear optical properties.. Dalton Transactions, 2015, 44 (17), pp.7748-7751. ⟨10.1039/C5DT00768B⟩. ⟨hal-01142055⟩