The syntheses of 3, 6-dineopentoxyphthalonitrile and 3, 4, 5, 6-tetraneopentoxyphthalonitrile are described. Condensation of these phthalonitriles with nickel chloride in N, N- dimethylaminoethanol yielded 1, 4, 8, 11, 15, 18, 22, 25-octaneopentoxyphthalocyaninato nickel (II)(3) and 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25- hexadecaneopentoxyphthalocyaninato nickel (II)(7). The 1H NMR spectra of these ...