Investigation of photophysical and photochemical properties of octa-substituted double-decker rare-earth metallophthalocyanine complexes

For the first time, bis[octakis-(2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropoxy)phthalocyaninato] rare-earth metal(III) double-decker phthalocyanine complexes (Pc2Sm, Pc2Eu, Pc2Gd, Pc2Dy and Pc2Lu) are synthesized. The new phthalocyanine complexes are characterized using mass, FT-IR and UV-vis spectroscopic techniques as well as elemental analysis. All these compounds exhibit excellent solubility in organic solvents. The photophysical and photochemical properties of the rare-earth metal(III) double-decker complexes are investigated and discussed.