Phthalocyanines and related compounds: XLVII. Nucleophilic replacement of chlorine atoms in tetrachlorophthalonitrile. Synthesis of phenyl(alkyl)amino-substituted phthalonitriles and some phthalocyanines based thereon

Nucleophilic replacement of chlorine atoms in tetrachlorophthalonitrile by the action of primary and secondary amines was studied. The reactions of tetrachlorophthalonitrile with amines at a ratio of 1: 10 gave with high yields and regioselectivity the corresponding 4,5-diamino-3,6-dichlorophthalonitriles from cyclic secondary amines and 4-amino-3,5,6-trichlorophthalonitriles from primary amines and acyclic secondary amines. 4-Amino-3,5,6-trichlorophthalonitriles were used to synthesize cobalt and zinc phthalocyanine complexes. It was shown that replacement of chlorine atoms in the pyrrolic β-positions of hexadecachlorophthalocyanines by amino groups is not accompanied by red shift of the long-wave absorption band in the electronic spectra.