Higher oxidation state iron and cobalt phthalocyanine derivatives. Phthalocyanine radical cation complexes

Abstract

Reaction of cobalt(II) phthalocyanine (CoPc) with thionyl chloride and with bromine leads to the formation of CoPcCl2 and CoPcBr2, respectively; magnetic i.r., oxidative titration, and e.s.r. data indicate these complexes to contain a phchalocyanine radical species, characterised in the solid state for the first time.