What is it about?
A chalcone derivative, 1-(5-bromothiophen-2-yl)-3-(2,3-dimethoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one (BTDMP), has been synthesized and grown as a high-quality single crystal by the slow evaporation solution growth technique. The compound was characterized by FT-IR and NMR studies. The crystal has been subjected to single-crystal x-ray diffraction studies and cell parameters of the crystal were determined. The title compound crystallizes in monoclinic system with a centrosymmetric space group P21/c, with unit cell parameters a= 11.6473(6) Å, b= 8.5651(5) Å, c= 14.4829(8) Å, a= 90?, ß= 99.853(2) ?, ? = 90? and V= 1423.51(14) Å3. The thermal stability of the crystal was determined from DSC curve. The grown crystals were characterized for their optical transmission and mechanical hardness. The potential of these crystals for NLO applications were studied using molecular hyperpolarizability calculations using MOPAC 2012.
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Why is it important?
Chalcone based compounds are easy to synthesize in good yield and purity. They possess many properties n the field of medicine to materials. Update: This article have ben cited more than 10 times(22/08/2018).
Perspectives
Researchers likely to explore properties of similar compounds due to the ease of synthesis, cost effectiveness and scalability.
Dr Subrahmanya Bhat K
Manipal Institute Of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education
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This page is a summary of: Growth, Characterization and Molecular Hyperpolarizabilities of Novel Nonlinear Optical Chalcone Crystals, Chemical Science Transactions, April 2014, Chemical Science Transactions,
DOI: 10.7598/cst2014.735.
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