Growth and characterization of a chalcone derivative DMMC with strong SHG efficiency for NLO applications

1-(4-methoxyphenyl)-3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-propen-1-one(DMMC), a chalcone derivative was synthesized by Claisen-Schmidt condensation reaction method. The growth of DMMC in methanol was used the slow evaporation technique. Single crystal X-ray diffraction revealed that the space group of DMMC is P2 1 . The intermolecular interaction of crystal was analyzed by Hirshfeld surface. The second harmonic generation efficiency of DMMC was measured by Kurtz-Perry powder method. When the particle size was between 250 and 300 μm, the SHG efficiency of DMMC was the largest, which was about 60 times that of the KDP with the same particle size. All functional groups of the crystal were identified by FT-IR and 1 H NMR spectral. This crystal had a wide transmission range in the region of 350−2000 nm with the cut off wavelength is 400 nm. The thermal properties of the sample were tested, and the melting point was at 95.59 °C. The dielectric constant of the compounds was found to be 17 below 45 °C.