Zinc 1,4,8,11,15,18,22,25-octaalkylphthalocyaninates exhibit discotic mesophase behaviour over a much wider temperature range than their nickel analogues. In the former series a mesophase is exhibited by compounds bearing substituents as short as pentyl groups.
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