Electron transfer reaction and demetalation of phthalocyanines

Abstract

An electron-transfer reaction takes place in the ground state between phthalocyanines (as electron-donors) and pyrylium cations (as electron-acceptors) in polar solvents, reaction which leads to the phthalocyanine radical-cations as evidenced by its absorption spectra identical to the one of the species formed by electrochemical oxidation.