Patent ID: 7238801

Claim:
A phthalocyanine compound (1) represented by the following formula (1): wherein Z 2 , Z 3 , Z 6 , Z 7 , Z 10 , Z 11 , Z 14 , and Z 15 independently stand for SR 1 , SR 2 , OR 3 or a halogen atom and at least one of them stands for SR 2 , Z 1 , Z 4 , Z 5 , Z 8 , Z 9 , Z 12 , Z 13 , and Z 16 independently stand for NHR 4 , NHR 5 , SR 1 , SR 2 , OR 3 , or a halogen atom and at least one of them stands for NHR 5 and at least four of them stand for OR 3 , R 1 stands for a phenyl group optionally having a substituent, an aralkyl group optionally having a substituent, or an alkyl group of 1–20 carbon atoms optionally having a substituent, R 2 stands for a phenyl group optionally possessing an alkoxyl group of 1–20 carbon atoms, R 3 and R 4 independently stand for a phenyl group optionally having a substituent, an aralkyl group optionally having a substituent, or an alkyl group of 1–20 carbon atoms optionally having a substituent, R 5 stands for an alkyl group of 1–20 carbon atoms optionally having a substituent, pluralities respectively of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 may be individually identical or different, and M stands for a nonmetal, a metal, a metal oxide, or a metal halide.