A number of thermally and optically stable, bis-dipolar chiralmolecules based on two geometries of thebinaphthol (BN) system with different acceptors/substituents have beensynthesized for the first time, and the syntheticroutes are reported: optically pure 6,6'-disubstituted2,2'-diethoxy-1,1'-binaphthyls {R, R'= -Br, -CHO,-CH=C(CN)(COOEt), -CH=C(CN)
2, -CH=CHCN,-CH=CH(
p-NO
2Ph)} and opticallypure 9,14-disubstituted dinaphtho[2,1-
d:1',2'-
f][1,3]dioxepins {R,R' = -Br, -CHO, -CH=C(CN)(COOEt),-CH=C(CN)
2, -CH=CHCN,-CH=CHSO
2CH
3, -CH=CHCHO,-CH=CHCH=C(CN)
2}. All molecules possesstwo equal donor-acceptorsystems lin
ked together to give a bis-dipolar system. Twomono-dipolar 6-substituted 2-butoxynaphthalene (R =-CH=C(CN)
2, -CH=C(CN)(COOEt))donor-acceptor systems were prepared as references. The linearopticalproperties including solvatochromic shifts of absorption andfluorescence revealed strong charge transfer excitationsin the new dipolar systems. The molecules show a high firsthyperpolarizability
(up to (344-364) ×10
-30 esu)as measured by electric-field-induced second-harmonic generation(EFISHG) and hyper-Rayleigh scattering (HRS).A model is developed to express the first hyperpolarizability ofthe bis-dipolar molecules in terms of the moleculargeometry and the
of the monomeric donor-acceptorunits. The tensor components were determinedexperimentallyusing this model and data from HRS and EFISHG. These techniquesprobe different combinations of the componentsof the molecular hyperpolarizability tensor. The results obtainedare found to be in excellent mutual agreement.