Vapor pressure of tetrasubstituted metal phthalocyanines bearing fluorine substituents in non-peripheral positions

In this paper, the temperature dependence of the saturated vapor pressure of fluorosubstituted phthalocyanines with substituents in non-peripheral positions of the macroring, viz. MPcF 4 -np, M=Cu, Fe, Co, VO, was investigated by the Knudsen effusion method with mass spectrometric registration of the gaseous phase composition. The standard thermodynamic parameters [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] of the sublimation process of these compounds were determined. The results were compared with the vapor pressure of the corresponding MPcF 4 -p analogs bearing F-substituents in the peripheral positions. It was shown that the volatility decreased in the order of VOPcF 4 -np > CoPcF 4 -np [Formula: see text] CuPcF 4 -np [Formula: see text] FePcF 4 -np > ZnPcF 4 -np, which correlated with the increase in their crystal lattice energy in the same order. The volatility of most MPcF 4 -np (M = Cu, Zn, Co, VO) was lower than that of MPcF 4 -p. The results were analyzed from the point of view of crystal packing and intermolecular interactions in the crystal.