Novel thio-chalcone substituted metallophthalocyanines: synthesis, characterization and redox behaviour

The chalcone, (E)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-(thiophen-2-yl)prop-2-en-1-one, was synthesized and then used as attached tometallophthalocyanines on the four of the peripheral positions. So novel metallophthalocyanines (M = Zn, Co and Ni) were designed and synthesized. FT-IR, 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR and UV–Vis spectroscopytechniques were utilized to characterization of all molecules. Synthesized zinc, cobalt (II) and nickel (II) phthalocyanines by being derivatized from thichalcones on their peripheral sites are well soluble in commonly used organic solvents such as dichloromethane, chloroform, ethylacetate and THF.