Vapour pressure of some phthalocyanines
Mass spectrometric studies of the composition of the gaseous phase under solid compounds of free phthalocyanine ( H 2 Pc ) and its complexes with aluminium ( AlClPc , AlFPc , ( AlPc )2 O ) and copper ( CuPc ) were performed in the temperature range up to 700 °C. It has been shown that the phthalocyanines sublime in the form of monomers, excluding one aluminium complex. All phthalocyanines under investigation sublime without thermal decomposition until 700 °C. The vapour pressure of these phthalocyanines was determined as a function of temperature by the Knudsen effusion method, in which the rate of effusion of the equilibrium vapour through a small orifice was measured. The thermodynamic parameters of the sublimation process for phthalocyanies were calculated.