Synthesis, characterization, photophysics, and photochemistry of peripherally substituted tetrakis(quinolinylethylenephenoxy)-substituted zinc(ii) phthalocyanines

Abstract

In this work, 2-chloro-6-methoxyquinoline-3-carbaldehyde was reacted with [4-(3,4-dicyanophenoxy)phenyl]acetic acid to obtain 2-(3,4-dicyanophenoxy)phenyl-4-(2-chloro-6-methoxyquinolin-3-yl)-3-butenoic acid as a phthalocyanine precursor. This compound was