Tris (2-cyanophenyl)—l, 3, 5—triazine {lC6H4 (CN)] 3C3N3} has been identified as a by- product of the synthesis of metallophthalocyanines by IR and Raman spectroscopy and X- ray diffraction. Tris (2—cyanophenyl)—l, 3, 5-triazine in the solid state exists in two