Syntheses, characterization and third-order nonlinear optical properties of a class of thiazolylazo-based metal complexes

Crystal structure of di-chlorido-bis-[2-(phenyl-diazen-yl)pyridine-κN (1)]zinc

The structure of the title complex, [ZnCl2(C11H9N3)2], comprises two 2-(phenyl-diazen-yl)pyridine ligands coordin-ating to a central Zn(II) dichloride unit via the pyridyl N-atom donors, resulting in a slightly distorted tetra-hedral geometry. The complex exhibits twofold rotation symmetry, with the rotation axis bis-ecting the zinc cation. The structure is stabilized by weak inter-molecular C-H⋯Cl inter-actions [C⋯Cl = 3.411 (2) and 3.675 (2) Å], connecting neighbouring mol-ecules into layers perpendicular to the c axis.

Third-order nonlinear optical properties of a series of porphyrin-appended europium(III) bis(phthalocyaninato) complexes

The third-order nonlinear optical properties of a series of phthalocyanine-porphyrin complexes containing a sandwich-type bis(phthalocyaninato) europium(III) core and one or two zinc(II) porphyrin unit(s) were investigated by Z-scan techniques at 1064 nm. The second-order molecular hyperpolarizabilities of these complexes are in the order of 10(-30) esu. The enhanced nonlinear properties are induced by the high delocalization of the electrons in the sandwich molecular structure, which may result in charge transfer between the central metal and the phthalocyanine ligands.