Na2(C4O4)(H3BO3)(H2O)4·H3BO3: the first borate-squarate with strong SHG response obtained by superior synergy

Dong Yan; Yao Ma; Hongbo Huang; Bingbing Zhang; Ru-Ling Tang; Liang Hu; Fei-Fei Mao; Jie Zheng; Xiu-Du Zhang; Shu-Fang Li

doi:10.1039/D2CC05307A

Na₂(C₄O₄)(H₃BO₃)(H₂O)₄·H₃BO₃: the first borate-squarate with strong SHG response obtained by superior synergy†

Dong Yan,

*^ab Yao Ma,^a Hongbo Huang,^e Bingbing Zhang,

*^e Ru-Ling Tang,

^d Liang Hu,^a Fei-Fei Mao,

^bc Jie Zheng,^a Xiu-Du Zhang^a and Shu-Fang Li

*^ab

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^a Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, P. R. China
E-mail: yandong8@ahnu.edu.cn, lishufang@mail.ahnu.edu.cn

^b State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. China

^c College of Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, P. R. China

^d School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225002, P. R. China

^e College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
E-mail: zhangbb@hbu.edu.cn

Abstract

We herein report the first sodium borate-squarate, namely, Na₂(C₄O₄)(H₃BO₃)(H₂O)₄·H₃BO₃ (1). It has been successfully synthesized via introducing the planar π-conjugated (C₄O₄)²⁻ into a borate system. Compound 1 exhibits a strong second-harmonic-generation (SHG) response (2.1 × KDP), wide transparency in the ultraviolet (UV) region and a suitable birefringence of 0.26 at 1064 nm. Theoretical calculations indicate that the synergy effect between inorganic planar π-conjugated species H₃BO₃ and organic moiety (C₄O₄)²⁻ dominates the SHG process.

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Na₂(C₄O₄)(H₃BO₃)(H₂O)₄·H₃BO₃: the first borate-squarate with strong SHG response obtained by superior synergy†

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