Photophysical properties and photodynamic activity of octacationic oxotitanium(IV) phthalocyanines.

The photophysical and photosensitizing properties of two octacationic oxotitanium phthalocyanines (TiOPcs), bearing pyridiniomethyl or cholinyl substituents, have been studied in aqueous and alcohol solutions. In water, both compounds were monomeric with the high quantum yields of fluorescence (Phi(F) = 0.17-0.