Compounds in the series from boron subphthalocyanine to boron subnaphthalocyanine

The four compounds in the series from chloro[subphthalocyaninato]boron(III) to chloro[subnaphthalocyaninato]boron (III) where synthesized in a one-pot reaction. To obtain a more soluble set of compounds, the mixture was then reacted with the sodium salt of trihexylsilanol. This mixture was separated by chromatography to provide trihexylsiloxy[subphthalocyaninato]boron trihexylsiloxy[SubN(2)P(1)]boron(III), trihexylsiloxy[SubN(2)P(1)]boron(III) and trihexylsiloxy[subnaphthalocyaninato]boron(III) These compounds were characterized by H-1 NMR, EI-MS and UV-vis. They show interesting spectral features in the visible region. Copyright (C) 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.