Compromise between conjugation length and charge-transfer in nonlinear optical η5-monocyclopentadienyliron(II) complexes with substituted oligo-thiophene nitrile ligands: Synthesis, electrochemical studies and first hyperpolarizabilities

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/j.jorganchem.2007.03.023

A systematic series of η⁵-monocyclopentadienyliron(II) complexes with substituted oligo-thiophene nitrile ligands of general formula [FeCp(P_P)(NC{SC₄H₂}_nNO₂)][P F₆] (P_P = dppe, (+)-diop;