title: Peripheral substitution of a near-IR-absorbing soluble phthalocyanine using "click" chemistry.
abstract: A series of near-IR-absorbing soluble phthalocyanines (Pcs) with eight alkyne moieties as side chains of the chromophore have been synthesized. One of these Pcs has been used as a scaffold for functional group modification using alkyne-azide click chemistry with various azides. This led to a small library of Pcs with photo and thermal crosslinkable, dendritic, and hydrophilic moieties starting from a single Pc molecule. A patterned thin film was fabricated by photocrosslinking one of these Pc derivatives.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, 1306 University Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
authors.forename: Mayank
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mayukh
authors.forename: Chin-Wei
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Edgardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hernandez
authors.forename: Dominic V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: McGrath