GaSeCl₅O: A Molecular Compound with Very Strong SHG Effect

Abstract

GaSeCl5O is a new inorganic molecular compound prepared from SeO2, SeCl4, and GaCl3 at 50 °C in quantitative yield. The structure of the title compound is described by GaCl3(OSeCl2) molecules with a tetrahedrally coordinated Ga atom and a pseudo-tetrahedrally coordinated Se atom (including lone pair of Se­(IV)) that are bridged by oxygen. GaSeCl5O crystallizes in the polar chiral space group P61, which is rarely observed for molecular structures. The compound is characterized by X-ray structure analysis based on single crystals and powder samples, thermogravimetry, infrared and Raman spectroscopy as well as by second harmonic generation (SHG) measurements. The experimental data are complemented by density functional theory calculations. GaSeCl5O shows one of the strongest SHG signals known in the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum (480–700 nm) with an SHG intensity 10 times higher than potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP). This is in accordance with the phase matchability and a strong dipole moment (|μ| = 8.3 D for a molecule in the crystal lattice). Such a strong SHG effect is also remarkable since GaSeCl5Ounlike most of the materials with strong SHG intensityis an inorganic molecular compound.

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