Abstract: Phthalocyanine compounds are described, which are represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 -R.sub.8 are individually a hydrogen atom or an alkyl or aryl group, a-h stand individually for an integer of 1-20, and M denotes two hydrogen atoms or a metal atom, metal halide, metal oxide, metal hydroxide, dialkylmetal, diarylmetal, bis(alkyloxy)metal or bis(trialkylsilyloxy)metal. Optical recording media and liquid crystal display panels, which contain at least one of the phthalocyanine compounds, are also described.

Abstract: Metal-containing or metalfree, monosubstituted or disubstituted phthalocyanines I which have one or two of the following radicals R as substituents on their benzene rings: R=bromine, cyano, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl, n-butyl, i-butyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.20 -alkyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.10 -cycloalkyl, fluorinated C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, C.sub.6 -C.sub.20 -aryl, XR.sup.1, where X is oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium or imino (NH) and R.sup.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, fluorinated C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl or C.sub.6 -C.sub.20 -aryl, or Si(R.sup.2).sub.3, where R.sup.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, each and every substituted benzene ring being substituted by only one R radical, are useful in Laser-optical recording materials.

Abstract: Reactive dyes of the formula ##STR1## in which D is the radical of a dye of the monoazo, metal complex azo, anthraquinone, phthalocyanine, formazan, azomethine, dioxazine, phenazine, stilbene, triphenylmethane, xanthene, thioxanthone, nitroaryl, naphthoquinone, pyrenequinone or perylenetetracarbimide series, R.sub.1 is hydrogen or an unsubstituted or substituted C.sub.1-4 -alkyl radical, and X is the vinyl, .beta.-sulfatoethyl, .beta.-thiosulfatoethyl, .beta.-chloroethyl or .beta.-acetoxyethyl group, are suitable in particular for dyeing and printing cellulose-containing fibre materials by the cold pad-batch method and produce, in high dyeing yields, dyeings and prints having good fastness properties.

Abstract: There is disclosed an electrophotographic plate comprising an electroconductive supporting substrate and a photoconductive layer formed thereon, wherein the photoconductive layer contains an organic photoconductive material as a charge generation material, said organic photoconductive material being a naphthalocyanine compound represented by the formula ##STR1## or the general formula ##STR2## wherein M denotes one member selected from the group consisting of Cu, Zn, Mg, OTi, OV, ClAl ClGa, ClIn, Cl.sub.2 Si, Cl.sub.2 Ge, and Cl.sub.2 Sn.

Abstract: Finely divided, transparent, metal-free X-phthalocyanine has a specific surface area of from 75 to 120 m.sup.2 g and not less than 80% by weight of the phthalocyanine particles have a Stokes-equivalent diameter of .ltoreq.0.12 .mu.m.The phthalocyanine is very useful as a pigment for printing inks and finishes.

Abstract: An optical recording material possesses a light-absorbing layer on a base, the said layer containing one or more colorants of the formula (I) ##STR1## where M is two hydrogen atoms or Fe, Cu, Co, Ni, Pb, Cr, Mn, VO, TiO, ZrO, Nb, Ta, Pd, SiCl.sub.2, Sn or SnX.sub.2, X is Cl, Br or I, and A is a divalent radical of an unsaturated, unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic ring system.The colorants (I) present on the novel recording materials have a high absorption in the range from 650 to 850 nm and accordingly can be written on and read by means of a laser. The colorants can be applied as 20-1000 nm layers on a suitable base by vapor deposition or as a solution or dispersion, with or without the addition of a polymeric binder, by a conventional method.The layers are very stable to atmospheric influences and daylight.

Abstract: An organic photoconductor suitable for use in electro-reprography comprising an electrically conducting support, a charge generating phase comprising a charge generator and a charge transport phase characterized in that the charge generator is a phthalocyanine compound in which each of at least four of the peripheral carbon atoms numbered from 1 to 16 in the phthalocyanine nucleus shown below is linked, by an atom from Group VA or Group VIA of the Periodic Table, to a carbon atom of an organic radical.

Abstract: A transfer printing medium comprising a substrate supporting a thermal transfer dye and a radiation absorber positioned to provide thermal energy to the transfer dye when subjected to radiation within a predetermined absorption waveband, has a radiation absorber which is an infra-red absorbing poly(substituted)phthalocyanine compound in which each of at least five of the peripheral carbon atoms in the 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13 or 16 positions (the "3,6-positions") of the phthalocyanine nucleus, as shown in Formula I, is linked by an atom from Group VB or Group VIB of the Periodic Table, other than oxygen, to a carbon atom of an organic radical. In preferred compounds each of the eight 3,6-positions is linked by an atom from Group VB or Group VIB, especially sulphur, selenium or nitrogen, to an organic radical.

Abstract: The preparation of a novel class of thin film membranes by interfacial polymerization is disclosed, said membanes incorporating as part of their polymeric structure the functionality of monomeric or oligomeric precursors. Specific embodiments include porphyrin and phthalocyanime derivatives that are photochemically or electrochemically active, as well as chemically asymmetric membranes.

Abstract: Provided is an optical information recording medium and a method of recording information thereon. The information layer of the recording medium comprises an anthracyanine or phenanthracyanine chromophore compound. In a preferred embodiment, the chromophore is substituted with at least one substituent conferring film forming properties to the chromophore, e.g., a monomer or oligomeric substituent comprised of acid, amide or ester units. The resulting information layer exhibits strong absorption in the range of from about 780-850 nm. Employing an anthracyanine or phenanthracyanine chromophore substituted with a film forming substituent further offers the advantages of a single component material exhibiting good thermomechanical properties.

Abstract: Novel azaphthalocyanines are described which are of the formula ##STR1## in which Me is Al(III), Zn(II), Ge(IV) or Sn(IV), E is an anionic group, Z is a cation, Y is a halogen, n is any desired number from 1 to 3 and p is any desired number from 0 to 2, the sum n+p being at most 8 and A, B, C and D independently of one another completing a benzene ring or a ring of the formula ##STR2## at least one of the rings completed by A, B, C or D being one of the said heterocyclic rings.The novel compounds can be used as photoactivators, in particular for bleaching textiles and for controlling microorganisms in or on organic or inorganic substrates.Bleaching, washing and steeping agents and antimicrobially active agents are also described which contain the novel azaphthalocyanine compounds.

Abstract: An infra-red absorbing phthalocyanine compound in which each of at least five of the peripheral carbon atoms in the 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13 or 16 positions (the "3,6-positions") of the phthalocyanine nucleus, as shown in Formula I, is linked by an atom from Group VB or Group VIB of the Periodic Table, other than oxygen, to a carbon atom of an organic radical. In preferred compounds each of the eight 3,6-positions is linked by an atoms from Group VB or Group VIB, especially sulphur, selenium or nitrogen, to an organic radical.

Abstract: A compound selected from a 2,4-diamino-5-thiobenzylpyrimidine of the formula: ##STR1## in which R is selected from hydrogen, alkyl, lower alkoxy, and halogen and R' is alkyl; and pharmacologically acceptable acid addition salts thereof. These compounds have an anti-bacterial action and are sulphonamide potentiators.

Abstract: The invention relates to phthalocyanine compounds, and more particularly to the preparation of aryloxy, arylthio, alkyloxy, and alkylthio phthalocyanine compounds and their subsequent incorporation into semiconducting thin films by the Langmuir-Blodgett technique.