title: An efficient synthesis of phthalocyanines based on an unprecedented double-addition of oximes to phthalonitriles.
abstract: A novel and efficient method is reported for the preparation of phthalocyanines from phthalonitrile or its derivatives which utilizes low-cost reagents of hydrolytic stability, high simplicity, and easy accessibility, i.e., oximes, and proceeds via an unprecedented double addition of oximes to the nitrile group.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Química Estrutural, Complexo I, Instituto Superior Técnico, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal.
authors.forename: Maximilian N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Kopylovich
authors.forename: Vadim Yu
authors.initials: VY
authors.lastname: Kukushkin
authors.forename: Matti
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haukka
authors.forename: Konstantin V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Luzyanin
authors.forename: Armando J L
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Pombeiro