The tetrasulfonated Cu II( tspc )4-, tspc = 4,4′,4″,4‴-phthalocyaninetetrasulfonate, and the trisulfonated Co II( trspc )3-, trspc = n , n ′, n ″-phthalocyanine-trisulfonate and n, n′ and n″ indicate the sulfonated positions of the various isomers, were covalently linked to a polyethyleneimine, M n ~ 10000 and M w ~ 25000, backbone. A fraction of the amine groups in a strand was converted to Cu II pc (- SO 3)3(- SO 2 N <)\3- or Co II pc (- SO 3)2(- SO 2 N <)\2- pendants and the remaining were acetylated. Strands of the polymers, poly(K3CuIItspc) and poly(K2CoIItrspc) , formed spherical bundles with diameters ~1000 nm for poly(K3CuIItspc) and ~100 nm for poly(K2CoIItrspc) . The stability of the bundles is metal-dependent. Poly(K2CoIItrspc) forms the most stable bundles with respect to hydrolytic and redox reactions. ESR and optical spectroscopies as well as reactions of the pendants with pulse radiolytically generated radicals, namely e - sol , C•H2OH, (CH3)2COHC•H2 , CO 2•-, N 3• and SO 4•-, revealed a distribution of pendants between isolated and aggregated forms in a bundle. The reduction of the Cu(II) to Cu(I) in aqueous solutions of the poly(K3CuIItspc) was associated with pendants present in a mostly hydrophobic environment. Unstable phthalocyanine pendants with CoIII -carbon bonds are formed when CoIIpc(-SO3)2(-SO2N<)\2- reacted with C -centered radicals, ( CH3)2COHC•H2 and C•H2OH . The species with CoIII -carbon bonds were precursors to the formation of CoIpc(-SO3)2(-SO2N<)\3- pendants. The redox reactions of the pendants in these polymers are compared with those of K4CuIItspc and K3CoIItrspc .
