Two noncentrosymmetric 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 the acentric space groups, suggesting that they meet the requirement of SHG (second harmonic generation) investigations. The preliminary experiment indicates that they are SHG active, and approximately estimated to be that of urea.