A set of new ferrocene-diketopyrrolopyrrole (Fc-DPP) conjugated dyads was synthesized and their optical, nonlinear optical (NLO) and electrochemical properties were investigated. The second-order nonlinear polarizabilities were determined using Hyper-Rayleigh Scattering with femtosecond pulsed laser light at 840 nm. The dyads depicted structure dependent NLO response, which could be explained by correlating optical as well as electrochemical data. In the latter case, it is shown that the amplitude of the Fc based one-electron redox process of D-π-A type dyads is doubled in the dyads of the type D-π-A-π-D, where the acceptor (DPP) is flanked by two Fc donors.
Please do not adjust marginsPlease do not adjust margins diisopropyl succinate (8.10 g, 40 mmol) over a period of 1 h. Reaction mixture was heated at 85 °C for 2 h, after which it was cooled to 50 °C and 50 ml methanol was added. The reaction mixture was neutralized using glacial acetic acid and stirred for 15 min. and then cooled to ambient temperature and the contents were filtered over sintered glass (G4) funnel. Residue was washed twice with hot methanol and de-ionized water to yield analytically pure dark red solid 1 (61%). Mp> 300 o C IR (KBr): ν max 1628, 1648, 3153 and 3417 cm -1 .