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Y Yamazaki1, K Hosono, H Matsuda
1Fermentation Research Institute, AIST, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan.
Abstract:
Twelve species of optically active metallocene derivatives having a 4-nitrophenyl group were prepared with horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase- or lipase-catalyzed optical resolution as the key step. The second harmonic generation (SHG) efficiently of these products was measured by the power method using the fundamental light from the Nd:YAG laser. (-)-1- (4-Nitrophenylthio)ethylferrocene (9), (+)-1-(4-nitrophenylthio)ethylruthenocene (16), (+)-1-(4-nitrophenylthio)ethylosmocene (19), (+) -1-(5-nitro-2-pyridylthio)ethylruthenocene (21), and (+) -1-[(4-nitrophenylhydrazono)methyl] -2-methylferrocene (12) showed SHG signals. The highest SHG efficiency was found with (+) -16, being 27 times more intense than the commonly used urea standard.
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