Synthesis, spectroscopic, thermal and structural elucidation of 5-amino-2-methoxypyridine ester amide of squaric acid ethyl ester: A new material with an infinite pseudo-layered structure and manifested NLO application

The novel squaric acid derivative, 5-amino-2-methoxypyridin ester amide of squaric acid ethyl ester with second order NLO application in solution and in the bulk has been synthesized and is structure and properties elucidated in detail spectroscopic, thermally and structurally, using single crystal X-ray diffraction, linear-polarized solid state IR-spectroscopy, UV-spectroscopy, and TGA, DSC, DTA, MS and SHG methods. Quantum chemical calculations were used for obtain in the electronic structure, vibrational data and NLO properties. At room temperature the studied compound crystallizes in the noncentrosymmetric space group Cc and exhibits a pseudo-layer structure (solid phase 1) with molecules linked by NH⋯OC intermolecular hydrogen bonds with length of 2.955 Å and NH⋯O angle of 153.41°, respectively. At 200 °C a phase transition is observed, with the solid phase 2 exhibiting new intermolecular NH⋯N interactions, as elucidated by IR-spectroscopy and thermal analysis. The obtained large powder SHG efficiency of 609 times urea proves the NLO application of studied compound in the bulk.