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Push-pull organic molecules that combine a polyfunctionalized aromatic elec
tron-donating carbazole moiety with nitro or cyano acceptor groups, linked
directly or through a polyenic chain, have been prepared and characterized
as nonlinear optical (NLO) chromophores. A methoxycarbonyl group has been i
ntroduced to prepare future polysiloxane side-chain liquid-crystal polymers
(SCLCPs) with NLO properties. The effect of this linking group as well as
the influence of an additional methoxy donor group on the second-order NLO
response have been experimentally and theoretically examined. Semiempirical
calculations have been performed at the PM3 level using the time-dependent
Hartree-Fock technique. Solvent influence on calculated mu beta values has
been studied via the COSMO algorithm implemented in the MOPAC program.