Phthalocyanines prepared from 4,5-dihexylthiophthalonitrile, a popular building block

Authors

DERYA TOPKAYA TAŞKIRAN
ZEYNEL ŞAHİN
ÜMİT İŞCİ
FABİENNE DUMOULİN

DOI

10.55730/1300-0527.3582

Abstract

Phthalocyanines are tetrapyrrolic artificial porphyrinoids that play major roles in advanced biological and technological applications. Research on this family of dyes is particularly active in Türkiye, with many derivatives being prepared from 4,5-dihexyl-thiophthalonitrile DiSHexPN, which is one of the most popular noncommercially available building blocks for phthalocyanines. This review summarizes the phthalocyanines and their versatile properties and applications that have been published since 1994, when the synthesis of DiSHexPN was first described, to emphasize the importance of this building block in plentiful applications, all with bio-medical or technological impact.

Keywords

Phthalocyanine, phthalonitrile, hexylthio

First Page

814

Last Page

836

Recommended Citation

TAŞKIRAN, DERYA TOPKAYA; ŞAHİN, ZEYNEL; İŞCİ, ÜMİT; and DUMOULİN, FABİENNE (2023) "Phthalocyanines prepared from 4,5-dihexylthiophthalonitrile, a popular building block," Turkish Journal of Chemistry: Vol. 47: No. 5, Article 2. https://doi.org/10.55730/1300-0527.3582
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/chem/vol47/iss5/2