Skeletal modification of a non-planar phthalocyanine analogue under very mild conditions

Article abstract of DOI:10.1039/b512442e

A sterically congested tetraphenyl-substituted dibenzo-tetraaza- isobacteriochlorinato nickel derivative unexpectedly reacts with methanol at room temperature to release internal molecular strains, leading to the formation of a ligand having a skeleton bearing two cis-methoxy substituents. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2006.