Chemical Communications

An efficient two-step synthesis of metal-free phthalocyanines using a Zn (II) template

J Alzeer, PJC Roth, NW Luedtke

Index: Alzeer, Jawad; Roth, Phillipe J. C.; Luedtke, Nathan W. Chemical Communications, 2009 , # 15 p. 1970 - 1971

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Abstract

A new family of cationic phthalocyanines containing four guanidinium groups was synthesized in pyridine–HCl at 120° C; under these conditions zinc was removed from both the starting materials and products to reveal a new synthetic route to metal-free phthalocyanines.