Two noncentro symmetric complexes:: [W(CO)4(bipy)] and [W(CO)4(phen)](bipy=2,2′-bipyridine, phen=1,10-phenanthroline) obtained through solvothermal synthesis and their optical properties

Solvothermal treatments of W(CO)(6) with 2,2-bipyridine and 1,10-phenanthroline give [W(CO)(4)(bipy)] (1) and [W(CO)(4)(phen)] (2), respectively, which both crystallize in noncentrosymmetric space groups, suggesting that they meet the requirement of second harmonic generation (SHG) investigations. The preliminary experiment indicates that they are SHG active, and approximately estimated to be that of urea. (C) 2004 Published by Elsevier B.V.