Synthesis of amide-containing ferrocenyl organometallic third-order nonlinear optical materials

A series of 7 amide-containing ferrocenyl organometallic third-order nonlinear optical materials were synthesized via carboxylation,acyl chlorination and N-acylation.Two new materials were reported.The yield 41%-92%.The structure of the materials were confirmed by IR,1H NMR and MS.The UV-Vis absorption spectra of the materials were determined and the third-order optical nonlinearity was measured by optical path of degenerate four-wave mixing.