TY - JOUR
T1 - Crystal structures, molecular packing and picosecond optical limiting properties of quadridentate Schiff base divalent metal complexes derived from S-benzyl dithiocarbazate
AU - Zhu, Xu Hui
AU - Chen, Xiao Feng
AU - Zhang, Yong
AU - You, Xiao Zeng
AU - Tan, Wei Lian
AU - Ji, Wei
AU - Vittal, Jaganese J.
AU - Tan, Goek Kheng
AU - Kennard, Colin H.L.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - The neutral divalent metal complexes ML [H2L = 1,4-bis(2'- formylphenyl)-1,4-dioxabutane bis(S-benzyl dithiocarbazate); M = Ni, Pd and Zn] show strikingly different crystal packing patterns. In NiL, C32H28O2N4S4Ni the geometry around the metal atom is shown to be distorted square planar with a shortest Ni(1)···S(1A) (ethereal sulfur) contact of 3.547(2) Å in neighboring molecules. The coordination configuration about PdL, C32H28O2N4S4Pd, is square planar with a closest Pd(1)···S(1A) (thiolato) contact of 3.674(1) Å in neighboring molecules. The molecular packing of PdL in the unit cell is different from that of NiL, but like a previously reported structure of CuL. Unlike NiL and PdL the molecular structure of ZnL, C32H28O2N4S4Zn, has a C2 crystallographic axis and the monomer is woven into a polymeric structure by weak intermolecular S(thiolato)···H interactions of 2.836 Å. The picosecond optical limiting properties of ML [M = Cu(II), Ni(II), Pd(II) and Zn(II)] were investigated. The limiting threshold for PdL is ca. 0.9 J cm- 2, comparable to that of C60 when an aperture is placed in front of the transmission detector, and ca. 2.0 J cm-2 without an aperture. The observed optical limiting effects are attributed to both nonlinear absorption and nonlinear refraction processes.
AB - The neutral divalent metal complexes ML [H2L = 1,4-bis(2'- formylphenyl)-1,4-dioxabutane bis(S-benzyl dithiocarbazate); M = Ni, Pd and Zn] show strikingly different crystal packing patterns. In NiL, C32H28O2N4S4Ni the geometry around the metal atom is shown to be distorted square planar with a shortest Ni(1)···S(1A) (ethereal sulfur) contact of 3.547(2) Å in neighboring molecules. The coordination configuration about PdL, C32H28O2N4S4Pd, is square planar with a closest Pd(1)···S(1A) (thiolato) contact of 3.674(1) Å in neighboring molecules. The molecular packing of PdL in the unit cell is different from that of NiL, but like a previously reported structure of CuL. Unlike NiL and PdL the molecular structure of ZnL, C32H28O2N4S4Zn, has a C2 crystallographic axis and the monomer is woven into a polymeric structure by weak intermolecular S(thiolato)···H interactions of 2.836 Å. The picosecond optical limiting properties of ML [M = Cu(II), Ni(II), Pd(II) and Zn(II)] were investigated. The limiting threshold for PdL is ca. 0.9 J cm- 2, comparable to that of C60 when an aperture is placed in front of the transmission detector, and ca. 2.0 J cm-2 without an aperture. The observed optical limiting effects are attributed to both nonlinear absorption and nonlinear refraction processes.
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U2 - 10.1039/b000960l
DO - 10.1039/b000960l
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0033934952
SN - 1144-0546
VL - 24
SP - 419
EP - 423
JO - New Journal of Chemistry
JF - New Journal of Chemistry
IS - 6
ER -