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Peripherally 1,2-Dinaphthyl Ethanediol Substituted Phthalocyanine Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, Aggregation, And Application In Benzyl Alcohol Oxidation At Room Temperature, Hali̇l Zeki̇ Gök, Mustafa Kemal Yilmaz

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

In this study, the synthesis of a novel 1,2-dinaphthyl ethanediol substituted phthalonitrile (2) together with tetra-substituted zinc(II) phthalocyanine (Pc) (3) and cobalt(II) Pc (4) bearing 1,2-dinaphthyl ethanediol at peripheral positions was described. The aggregation behaviors of metallophthalocyanines 3and 4 in solution were investigated by carrying out Beer-Lambert experiments at different concentrations. In addition, the catalytic activity of new cobalt(II) Pc 4 was investigated for benzyl alcohol oxidation. Benzyl alcohol was converted to benzaldehyde using cobalt(II) Pc 4 as a catalyst by a conversion of 99% with selectivity of 100% at room temperature in 1 h. Several spectroscopic techniques such as …