The Structure and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Octupolar Compound： 2, 4, 6－Tristyryl－s－triazine

The crystal of 2, 4, 6-tristyryl-s-triazine (TSTA) has been prepared and its crystal structure been determined to be in the polar non-centrosymmetric space group Cmc21. The molecular structure of TSTA is characterized by the slightly curved planar configuration and the octupolar C3v molecular symmetry. As expected, TSTA crystal shows a quite novel nonlinear optical (NLO) property with its powder second harmonic generating (SHG) intensity of 1.8 times as that of urea. It also shows excellent transparency (with the peak position of 322 nm in absorption spectrum) and good thermal stability (with the melting point of 225-229℃).