A nonlinear optical active polymer film based on Pd(ii) dithione/dithiolate second-order NLO chromophores.

A film of [Pd(R2pipdt)(dmit)] (1), where R2pipdt = 1,4-didodecyl-piperazine-2,3-dithione (acceptor) and dmit = 2-thioxo-1,3-dithiole-4,5-dithiolate (donor) incorporated into a polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) matrix, showing a good second-harmonic generation, has been prepared for the first time in the class of dithione-dithiolate 2nd order NLO-chromophores. Moreover full characterization of 1, including molecular second-order NLO properties in solution, is reported.