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Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Alkyloxy/Aryloxy‐azaphthalocyanines Based on a Transetherification Reaction
Author(s) -
Novakova Veronika,
Miletin Miroslav,
Kopecky Kamil,
Franzová Šárka,
Zimcik Petr
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
european journal of organic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1099-0690
pISSN - 1434-193X
DOI - 10.1002/ejoc.201100689
Subject(s) - chemistry , singlet oxygen , yield (engineering) , quantum yield , zinc , fluorescence , magnesium , metal , salt (chemistry) , derivative (finance) , medicinal chemistry , oxygen , organic chemistry , materials science , physics , quantum mechanics , economics , financial economics , metallurgy
An approach leading to unsymmetrical azaphthalocyanines (AzaPcs) bearing one aryloxy and seven butoxy substituents on the periphery is described. Several cyclotetramerization methods were tested, including the template effect of a metal salt in a melt/solution and the Linstead method, but only one was found to be suitable for the isolation of unsymmetrical alkyloxy/aryloxy‐AzaPcs. Undesired transetherification with alkoxides, which is common with these types of compounds, was considered to be an advantage in this approach, and an unsymmetrical AzaPc was isolated in 10 % yield. An analysis of the transetherification process is also described. Unsymmetrical zinc(II) and magnesium(II) AzaPcs showed excellent spectral properties ( λ max = 620 nm; ϵ = 1.5–2.2 × 10 5 dm 3 mol –1 cm –1 ) as well as promising singlet oxygen ( Φ Δ = 0.44 and 0.26, respectively) and fluorescence quantum yields ( Φ F = 0.50 and 0.65, respectively). The metal‐free derivative ( λ max = 603 and 640 nm; ϵ = 0.80 and 1.2 × 10 5 dm 3 mol –1 cm –1 ) dissipated energy in a different way, and the Φ Δ and Φ F values were one order of magnitude smaller (0.030 and 0.053, respectively). All the parameters were comparable to the corresponding symmetrical AzaPcs containing eight butoxy substituents, which suggests that an unsymmetrical composition of AzaPc on the periphery has no negative effect on the photophysical or photochemical properties.