1,4,8,11,15,18,22,25-OCTABUTOXY- PHTHALOCYANINE

📌Basic Information

✨Core Features
Excellent optical properties: Features a large conjugated system with stable structure. Its Q-band (characteristic absorption peak) is located near 762 nm (maximum absorption wavelength of 772 nm in dichloromethane), residing in the near-infrared region. This is highly advantageous for applications requiring deep penetration.

Good Solubility: The introduction of eight butoxy groups enables excellent solubility in various organic solvents such as dichloromethane, chloroform, DMF, and ethyl acetate, while being poorly soluble in water and methanol. This facilitates solution-based processing.

Reactive nature: The phthalocyanine ring center contains a vacant site capable of accommodating various metal ions, enabling the formation of metal complexes with distinct properties and applications. Additionally, the compound itself exhibits a relatively high singlet oxygen quantum yield.

pH responsiveness: This compound also demonstrates pronounced pH-responsive properties, conferring potential value in sensing applications.

🎯Key Characteristics

Naturally occurring polysaccharide: A naturally occurring polysaccharide widely present in the cell walls of yeast, fungi (such as shiitake mushrooms), bacteria, and certain grains (such as oats) -2-3-7.

Structure and Function: Within fungal cell walls, it often forms complex network structures by linking with other polysaccharides like chitin, playing a crucial role in maintaining cell morphology and strength -3-7-10. Research products are often used to mimic or study this structure.

Immunomodulatory Activity: This represents its core biological activity. It functions as an immunomodulator, recognized by specific receptors on immune cell surfaces (e.g., Dectin-1) to activate or regulate immune responses -2-3-5. The U.S. National Library of Medicine’s MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) also classifies it as an “immunological adjuvant” and “immune factor” -6.

🔬Primary Applications

Biomedicine: Serves as a photosensitizer in photodynamic therapy, leveraging its near-infrared absorption properties and high singlet oxygen quantum yield as core advantages.

Optoelectronic Materials: Utilized in photovoltaic solar cells, liquid crystal displays, nonlinear optical materials, and dye-sensitized solar cells, harnessing its light absorption and charge transport capabilities.
Emerging Technologies: Applied in photoacoustic imaging, photothermal therapy, information storage, and sensors, leveraging its photophysical and photochemical properties.
Chemical Synthesis: Serves as a key intermediate for synthesizing phthalocyanine complexes with various metals (e.g., nickel, copper, germanium).

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