Patent ID: 6235097
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: C09B,C09D

Abstract:
At least one compound of Formula (1): ##STR17##which comprises any form of the compound; where:M represents a metal or H;Pc represents a phthalocyanine nucleus of Formula (2): ##STR18##L represents sulphonylC.sub.1-15 alkylene;A represents piperazinylC.sub.1-4 alkylamino; N,N-diC.sub.1-4 alkylaminoC.sub.1-4 alkylamino; morpholinoC.sub.1-4 alkylamino: and/or piperazinyl;R.sup.1 represents a group independently comprising at least one of: an optional substituent and optionally substituted C.sub.1-15 hydrocarbyl;z represents an integer from 0 to 4; w represents an integer from 1 to 5; and the sum of w+z is from 1 to 5; andx and y each independently represent a non-zero number; and the mean of the sum of x+y is from about 1 to about 6; andwhere the optional substituents comprise at least one of: carboxy, sulpho, hydroxy, amino, mercapto, cyano, nitro and halo.