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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1997
Gongzhen Cheng, Wuhan, CN;
Guolun Hao, Cleveland, OH (US);
Hongqiao Wu, Cleveland, OH (US);
Ying-Syi Li, Bedford Hts., OH (US);
Malcolm E Kenney, Cleveland Hts., OH (US);
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A simple, flexible, convenient method for making silicon phthalocyanines and naphthalocyanines by inserting silicon into metal-free phthalocyanines and metal-free naphthalocyanines is provided. The method comprises: providing a metal-free phthalocyanine or metal-free naphthalocyanine; reacting the metal-free phthalocyanine or metal-free naphthalocyanine with HSiCl.sub.3 to provide a reaction product; then reacting the reaction product with water; and extracting a silicon phthalocyanine or a silicon naphthalocyanine. The invention also relates to novel phthalocyanines and naphthalocyanines. The phthalocyanines and naphthalocyanines are useful as photosensitizers and as dyes.