Metallophthalocyanines as Catalysts in Aerobic Oxidation

The first remarkable property associated to metallophthalocyanines (MPcs) was their chemical “inertness”, which made and make them very attractive as stable durable industrial dyes. Nevertheless, rich redox chemistry also explored in the last decades, making available a solid detailed knowledge background for further studies on suitability of MPcs catalysts. An overlook catalytic activity with dioxygen oxidants will be discussed here special emphasis decade. mini-review begins short introduction phthalocyanines, from structure main features, going then through aerobic oxidation reactions. most significant systems described literature comprise organosulfur compounds such thiols thiophenes, functionalization alkyl arenes, alcohols, olefins, among other substrates.