A study of Germanium phthalocyanines

Abstract

This thesis has involved an attempt to form a germanium-carbon bond through the reaction of germanium compounds with dilithium phthalocyanine, metal-free phthalocyanine, methyl magnesium iodide, phenyl magnesium bromide, and 1,3-diiminoisoindoline. The reaction products were examined in several ways to help establish their identity. Chemical and spectroscopic analyses were used to determine the nature of the two trans groups in the phthalocyanine compounds. Infrared spectra implied the formation of the germanium-carbon bond.Ball State UniversityMuncie, IN 47306