Abstract
Novel symmetrically tetrasubstituted metal-free and metallophthalocyanines (5) and (6) which contain four hexaazadioxamacrobicycles on peripheral positions, have been synthesized. Macrobicyclic compound 3 and has been prepared by reaction of (1,3,6,9,11,14- hexaazatricyclo[12.2.1.16,9])octadecane (1) with 1,2-bis(2-iodoethoxy)-4,5-dibromobenzene (2). Compound 4 has been synthesized by reaction of compound 3 with CuCN in dry DMF. The target symmetrical phthalocyanines were separated by column chromatography and characterized by elemental analyses, 1H, 13C–NMR, IR, UV–Visible and FAB mass spectroscopies.
Acknowledgement
This work was supported by the Research Fund of Karadeniz Technical University (Trabzon, Turkey), Project Number: 2002.111.2.6.