Synthesis and spectroscopic investigation of trifluoroethoxy-coated phthalocyanine linked with fullerene

Synthesis and spectroscopic investigation of trifluoroethoxy-coated phthalocyanine-fullerene dyad 2 has been described. The dyad 2, regardless of its covalently linked dyad system, appears not to show any electronic communication between fullerene and phthalocyanine. This is a unique example that fluorine can terminate electronic communication in the covalently fullerene-phthalocyanine dyad system.