A higher anticancer activity is observed in photodynamic tests with the first sterically bulky (nonplanar) perhalogenated zinc phthalocyanine (Pc), [F64PcZn(acetone)2] (see structure: F green, N blue, O red, C gray) in comparison with planar zinc perfluorophthalocyanine. The perfluoroisopropyl substituents enhance the solubility, stabilize axial ligands (such as the coordinated acetone molecules in the structure shown), narrow the HOMO–LUMO gap, shift redox potentials, and increase the lifetime of the excited triplet state of the new complex.
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