Definition of phthalocyanine in English:
phthalocyanine
noun ˌ(f)θaləʊˈsʌɪəniːnˌTHaləˈsīəˌnēn
mass nounChemistry 1A greenish-blue crystalline dye of the porphyrin group.
Chemical formula: C₃₂H₁₈N₈
Example sentencesExamples
- As discussed previously, the phthalocyanine interacts with either the phospholipids or the apoprotein moiety of LDL, and therefore, the radicals are likely to be mainly produced at the lipid-water interface.
- This spectrum clearly indicates efficient singlet-singlet energy transfer from carotenoid to phthalocyanine.
- By attaching differing substituent groups, some of which are water soluble and some of which are fat soluble, an unsymmetrically substituted phthalocyanine is created which is both water and fat soluble.
- Organic compounds such as phthalocyanine produce greens and blues.
- In general, these newer drugs have been based on the structure of chlorin, purpurin, phthalocyanine or naphthalocyanine.
- 1.1count noun Any of a large class of green or blue pigments and dyes which are chelate complexes of phthalocyanine or one of its derivatives with a metal (in particular, copper)
as modifier phthalocyanine blue
Example sentencesExamples
- The suppression of the photodynamic potency of aluminum phthalocyanines was attributed to desorption of the dyes from lipid bilayers induced by fluoride or hydroxyl ions.
- Previous investigators have demonstrated that sulfonated aluminum phthalocyanine is primarily distributed outside the nucleus.
- Among the aluminum phthalocyanines, the hydrophilic tetrasulfonated derivative is localized in the vascular stroma and induces tumor regression by the indirect mechanism of vascular destruction.
- It was found that a combination of cobalt or iron phthalocyanine and sodium ascorbate has high in vitro and in vivo antitumor activity.
Origin
1930s: from phthalic (see phthalic acid) + Greek kuan(e)os 'dark blue' + -ine4.