Helical self-assembly and nonlinear optical properties of optically active phthalocyanine derivatives bearing eight optically active diethyleneglycol mono-(S)-2-methylbutyl ether moieties on the β-position of the phthalocyanine ring

Article abstract of DOI:10.1039/c3ra44164d

Two phthalocyanine derivatives with eight peripheral chiral diethyleneglycol mono-(S)-2-methylbutyl ether moieties on the β-position of the phthalocyanine ring were prepared from the tetramerization of corresponding phthalonitriles, promoted by organic ba