Abstract
Three amphiphilic antimony(V)-phthalocyanines have been synthesized by treating [Sb(R 4Pc)(OH) 2] + salts in concentrated H 2SO 4 and isolated as zwitter ions, [Sb(R 4Pc)(SO 4H)(SO 4)], where R 4Pc denotes tetra-substituted phthalocyaninate; R 4Pc = pc (R = H), tbpc (R = tBu), and tObpc (R = O nBu). Their solubility (R = tbpc > pc ≫ tObpc in H 2O (much improved by the presence of surfactant or alcohol) while tbpc > tObpc ≫ pc in CH 2Cl 2) and aggregation behaviors are highly sensitive to the nature of the peripheral substituents. The pc and tbpc derivatives form well-behaved J-aggregates in aqueous media in the presence of surfactant or alcohol.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 91-98 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry |
Volume | 111 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2012/06 |
Keywords
- Aggregation
- Amphiphilic phthalocyanine
- Antimony
- Water-solubility
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry