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Investigation on the Structure, Spectral and Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Analysis of a New Organic Crystal: 4-Methylbenzylammonium Hydrogen Succinate

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4-Methylbenzylammonium hydrogen succinate (4MLBAHS) was synthesized and successfully grown via a slow solvent evaporation process. The structure was solved and the space group identified as \({\text{P}}\overline{1 }\). In the 4MLBAHS molecule, 4-methylbenzylammonium and hydrogen succinate are linked by O–H···O and N–H···O bonds. Functional group vibrations were revealed through vibrational analysis. UV–Vis–NIR analysis was used to determine the transparency bandwidth range from 260 nm to 1100 nm. 1H and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy established the carbon–hydrogen network in 4MLBAHS. In 1H NMR, the chemical shift for the NH2 group of 4-methylbenzylamine was revealed at 1.42 ppm. This was shifted to 8.094 ppm in 4MLBAHS, owing to the origination of the N–H···O bond between the 4-methylbenzylammonium cation and hydrogen succinate anion. The third-order nonlinear optical characteristics were analysed using Z-scan analysis. χ3 was established as 3.0879 × 10−5 esu. The presence of hydrogen bond interactions in the 4MLBAHS crystal enhanced the χ3 value.

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All data are presented in the manuscript. Crystallographic data have been deposited at the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, CCDC number CCDC2233050.

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The authors thank the Sophisticated Analytical Instruments Facility (SAIF), Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, for providing SCXRD and Raman spectroscopy. The authors gratefully acknowledge the Instrumentation Centre of St. Joseph’s College, Trichy for recording UV–Vis–NIR and FTIR spectra, and Gandhigram University, Dindigul, for providing the NMR spectrum. Also, the authors express special thanks to Dr. D. Sastikumar, NIT, Trichy, for providing us with a third-order nonlinear testing facility for recording Z-scan measurements.

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Deepa, P., Aarthi, R., Kalainathan, S. et al. Investigation on the Structure, Spectral and Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Analysis of a New Organic Crystal: 4-Methylbenzylammonium Hydrogen Succinate. J. Electron. Mater. 53, 2333–2339 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-024-10992-3

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