Synthesis of glycosylated metal phthalocyanines and naphthalocyanines
Abstract
The first part of this review summarizes methods for the syntheses of mono-, di-, and tetra-substituted glycosylated phthalonitriles, which are the main starting materials for the preparation of the corresponding glycosylated metal phthalocyanines. In the second part the preparation of symmetrically and unsymmetrically tetra- and octa- glycosylated zinc phthalocyanines in which the sugar is attached either anomerically or via another one of its OH-groups to the phthalocyanine macrocycle as well as other structurally different glycosylated metal phthalocyanines are reviewed.

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