Heteroligand and heteronuclear clamshell-type phthalocyanines: selective preparation, spectral properties, and synthetic application

A direct synthetic method to produce heteronuclear and heteroligand clamshell-type binuclear phthalocyanines via a nucleophilic coupling reaction between A(3)B-type monophthalocyanines is developed with the target compounds demonstrating the possibility to form sandwich-type heterocomplexes for the first time. (c) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.