Synthesis and reactivities of triphenyl acetamide analogs for potential nonlinear optical material uses

Abstract

We have synthesized aniline based amides (3a-h) via palladium catalyzed Suzuki cross coupling of N-(2,5-dibromophenyl) acetamide with different arylboronic acids in moderate to good yields. A variety of functional groups were well tolerated in reaction conditions. For exploring the possible applications as optoelectronic devices, the nonlinear optical (NLO) properties of all synthesized derivatives (3a-h) were investigated with the help of density functional theory (DFT) methods. The frontier molecular orbitals analysis and reactivity descriptors were investigated for exploring the reactivities.