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Synfacts 2008(7): 0707-0707  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1077803
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Fluorine Coating Stops Binuclear Phthalocyanine Aggregation

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Jose M. Lobez
H. Yoshiyama, N. Shibata*, T. Sato, S. Nakamura, T. Toru
Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
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20 June 2008 (online)

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Significance

Binuclear phthalocyanine systems absorb in a wide range of the spectrum, and have high quantum yields, but these properties are perturbed owing to aggregation. This is avoided by coating the exterior of the molecule with trifluoroethanol, which yields intramolecular fluorophilic attraction interactions, regardless of the steric hindrance.