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Chem. Commun., 2009, 7530 - 7532, DOI: 10.1039/b916649a

Towards black chromophores: -oxo linked phthalocyanine–porphyrin dyads and phthalocyanine–subphthalocyanine dyad and triad arrays

Zhixin Zhao, Andrew N. Cammidge and Michael J. Cook

A versatile synthetic strategy based on the use of a non-peripherally substituted dihydroxysilicon phthalocyanine and dihydroxygermanium octaethylporphyrin has permitted controlled construction of heterodyads that absorb across the whole visible spectrum; the same phthalocyanine also reacts with chlorosubphthalocyanine to form a Si–O–B linked dyad and triad.

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