STRUCTURE OF THE BLUE FORMS OF BISPHTHALOCYANINES OF RARE-EARTH ELEMENTS

Using electron spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and ESR spectroscopy, the blue forms of bisphthalocyanines of rare-earth elements were found to have structures of sandwich-type complexes with isoelectronic phthalocyanine ligands linked with tetravalent metal ions, [Pc(2-)Ln(4+)Pc(2-)](0). A comparative spectral and electrochemical study of the blue and green forms of tert-butyl-substituted bisphthalocyanines was carried out for almost the whole series of rare-earth metals. Lutetium octa(perfluoro-tert-butyl)- and perchlorobisphthalocyanines were synthesized for the first time.