The First Slipped Pseudo-Quadruple-Decker Complex of
Phthalocyanines

Zhang, Hongchuan; Wang, Rongmin; Zhu, Peihua; Lai, Zefeng; Han, Juan; Choi, Chi-Fung; K. P. Ng, Dennis; Cui, Xuegui; Ma, Changqin; Jiang, Jianzhuang

doi:10.1021/ic049705i.s002

The First Slipped Pseudo-Quadruple-Decker Complex of Phthalocyanines

journal contribution

posted on 2004-07-26, 00:00 authored by Hongchuan Zhang, Rongmin Wang, Peihua Zhu, Zefeng Lai, Juan Han, Chi-Fung Choi, Dennis K. P. Ng, Xuegui Cui, Changqin Ma, Jianzhuang Jiang

The first slipped pseudo-quadruple-decker complex of phthalocyanines was formed unexpectedly upon treatment of the protonated double-decker Sm^IIIH(Pc)[Pc(α-OC₄H₉)₈] with NaOH. The supramolecular structure contains two double-decker units linked by two sodium ions by an extremely rare coordination mode of phthalocyanines in which an aza nitrogen atom and two oxygen atoms from neighboring alkoxy substituents form a tridentate ligand.