New Sandwich‐Type Phthalocyaninato–Metal Quintuple‐Decker Complexes

Quintuple‐decker sandwich : Homoleptic pentakis(2,3,9,10,16,17,23,24‐octa(butyloxy)phthalocyaninato) lanthanide–cadmium quintuple‐decker complexes were isolated and structurally characterized. They represent the first example of sandwich‐type stacked tetrapyrrole–metal complexes with five decks (see figure; the tetrapyrrole molecules are represented by the blue/pink discs, TCB=1,2,4‐trichlorobenzene).