A novel AB-type trimeric zinc(II)-phthalocyanine as an electrochromic and optical limiting material.

Recent advances in the practical applications of metallophthalocyanines (MPcs) in different technological fields have stimulated us to design and synthesize a new asymmetric AB3-type trimeric zinc(ii)-phthalocyanine (1). This bulky and high molecular weight compound was characterized by elemental analysis, 1H, 13C DEPT, and 1H-1H NOESY NMR, HR MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, UV-vis, and FT-IR (ATR) techniques. In-depth electrochemical studies show that 1 displays quasi-reversible three one-electron reductions and two one- or two-electron oxidation processes, rather than any redox processes including the transfer of three-electrons in one-step.

Spectroscopic, electrochemical and photovoltaic properties of Pt(ii) and Pd(ii) complexes of a chelating 1,10-phenanthroline appended perylene diimide.

In this study, a bis-chelating bridging perylene diimide ditopic ligand, namely N,N'-di(1,10-phenanthroline)-1,6,7,12-tetrakis-(4-methoxyphenoxy)perylene tetracarboxylic acid diimide (1), was synthesized and characterized. Further reactions of 1 with d metal ions such as Pt(ii) and Pd(ii) having preferential square-planar geometry afforded the novel triads [(Cl)M(ii)-(1)-M(ii)(Cl)] where M(ii) = Pt(ii) (2), and Pd(ii) (3), respectively. The isolated triads and the key precursor were fully characterized by FT-IR, 1D-NMR (H NMR and C DEPT NMR), 2D-NMR (H-H COSY, H-C HSQC, H-C HMBC), MALDI-TOF mass and UV/Vis spectroscopy.

Gas sensing and electrochemical properties of tetra and octa 2H-chromen-2-one substituted iron(II) phthalocyanines.

The synthesis of novel alpha tetra, beta tetra and beta octa 4-(4-methoxyphenyl)-8-methyl-coumarin-7-oxy, and beta octa 4-chloro-5-(4-(4-methoxyphenyl)-8-methylcoumarin-7-oxy) substituted iron(II) phthalocyanines has been achieved by the reaction of the corresponding phthalonitriles with iron(II) acetate. The compounds were characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR, UV-vis, and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. The reduction and oxidation properties of the compounds were identified by voltammetric and in situ spectroelectrochemical measurements.