Patent ID: 8703935

Claim:
A method of producing a metal phthalocyanine compound, comprising: conducting a reaction between at least two compounds (i) and (ii) selected from the group consisting of Compounds A to F represented by formula (I), and a metal compound, in a buffer solution of an organic base or an inorganic base and an acid, in the presence of a dehydrating agent: wherein R represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; 1 represents an integer of 0 to 4; a plurality of Rs may be the same or different from each other when 1 is 2 to 4; and G represents a group of atoms necessary for forming at least one of a 6-membered aromatic ring and a 6-membered hetero ring; wherein the compound (i) has the 6- membered aromatic ring as G, and compound (ii) has the 6-membered hetero ring as G.