The spectra and stabilities of alkoxyl-substituted phthalocyaninatometals: I. The effect of axial coordination abilities of the center metals on their stabilities in benzoyl peroxide

The stabilities of phthalocyaninatometals are reduced seriously by the substitution of bulky alkoxyl substituents. In the toluene, tetra-α-(2,2,4-trimethyl-3-pentoxy)phthalocyaninatometals can be decomposed by the benzoyl peroxide, and the order of decomposition rate sorted with the center metals is Fe > Co > Cu > Ni > Pd, which showed a consistency with the axial coordination abilities of the center metals.

Graphical abstractThe stabilities of phthalocyaninatometals are reduced seriously by the substitution of bulky alkoxyl substituents. In the toluene, tetra-α-(2,2,4-trimethyl-3-pentoxy)phthalocyaninatometals can be decomposed by the benzoyl peroxide, and the order of decomposition rate sorted with the center metals is Fe > Co > Cu > Ni > Pd, which showed a consistency with the axial coordination abilities of the center metals.Figure optionsDownload full-size imageDownload as PowerPoint slide