Growth, thermal, mechanical, structural and optical properties of organic NLO crystals of novel cis-2,6-bis(2-chloropheny1)-3,3-dimethylpiperidin-4-one

An organic NLO material viz., cis-2,6-bis(2-chlorophenyl)-3,3-dimethylpiperidin-4-one (2C3DMPO), has been synthesized and a slow evaporation technique was applied to produce a single crystal. X-ray diffraction study on the single crystal 2C3DMPO reveals a non-centro symmetric crystal, possessing a monoclinic space group P2(1) and prefers to adopt a chair conformation. The crystal has been characterised using UV, FT-IR and NMR spectral studies. Solubility study and mechanical study using micro hardness methods have also been carried out. Furthermore, the thermal stability of the crystal was established by TG/DTA. The second harmonic conversion efficiency of the crystal was determined using the Kurtz and Perry powder technique and the activity observed was 3.83 times greater than that of KDP. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.