A colormap analysis method for visual presentation of the skeletal deformations of phthalocyanine derivatives

A two dimensional colormap analysis program customized for phthalocyanines and related macrocyclic compounds has been developed in order to effectively visualize the atomic displacements from the mean plane. Eleven known phthalocyanine structures, including super- and subphthalocyanines, have been analysed as examples using the program, and the distribution of the skeletal deformations within the molecules surveyed.