In contrast to the rich chemistry of porphyrin, the structural variety of phthalocyanine derivatives, which are widely utilized in material and life sciences, has been limited by the lack of versatile synthetic methods. Here, the authors report a synthetic strategy for the meso-position editing of nickel(II)-containing phthalocyanine derivatives.
- Yuta Takiya
- Taiga Saito
- Masanobu Uchiyama
