Facile, liquid phase preparation of copper phthalocyanine microcrystals by means of thermal conversion of the dimethoxy-substituted solvent soluble phthalocyanine precursors

A simple procedure for the preparation of microcrystals of insoluble copper phthalocyanine (CuPc) by thermolysis of a dimethoxy-substituted precursor has been developed. Although the morphologies of the resultant microcrystals are practically independent from initial solution concentrations higher than ca. 0.03 mM of the dimethoxy-precursor, crystals with increased width are obtained with increasing the initial concentration of the precursor.