A method of producing a metal phthalocyanine pigment, which contains the step of: allowing an alkali metal salt of phthalocyanine to react with a metal salt, in a solvent which is mainly composed of a sulfur-containing aprotic polar solvent.

A porphyrin compound represented by general formula (A): ##STR00001## Also disclosed are a porphyrin metal complex-albumin inclusion compound having a porphyrin compound, in which M denotes Fe or Co, included in albumin, and an artificial oxygen carrier containing the porphyrin metal complex-albumin inclusion compound as an active component.

Near infrared (NIR) dyes (e.g., formula I), image recording substrate including the NIR dye, and methods of making the NIR dyes, are disclosed.

Aldehydes were obtained in excellent yields from ruthenium-porphyrin-catalyzed oxidation of various terminal alkenes with 2,6-dichloropyridine N-oxide under mild conditions. The aldehydes generated from these ruthenium-catalyzed alkene oxidation reactions can be used in-situ for olefination reactions with ethyl diazoacetate in the presence of PPh.sub.3, leading to one-pot diazoacetate olefination starting from alkenes.

A method of making a porphyrin (I) is carried out by condensing (i) a bis(imino)dipyrromethane of Formula II: ##STR00001## with (ii) a dipyrromethane to produce a reaction product; then (b) optionally oxidizing said reaction product with an oxidizing agent; and then (c) optionally demetallating said reaction product to produce the porphyrin. Methods of making compounds of Formula II are also described.

Metal chelates are useful for improving the contrast of X-ray, ultrasound, radionuclide and magnetic resonance (MR) images. However, the metal complexes must be stable and inert so that toxicity resulting from dissociation in the body can be minimized. This invention provides 16-member ring metal chelates that can provide a charge balanced metal complex having improved stability, especially for gadolinium(III) and samarium (III).

A first aspect of the invention is a method of making a porphyrin-metal complex, comprising: (a) providing a first reagent selected from the group consisting of 1-acyldipyrromethanes, 1-acyldipyrrins, dipyrromethane-1-carbinols 1,9-diacyldipyrromethanes and 1,9-diacyldipyrrins; and then (b) condensing the first reagent with either itself (in the case of 1-acyldipyrromethanes, 1-acyldipyrrins, and dipyrromethane-1-carbinols) or a dipyrromethane (in the case of 1,9-diacyldipyrromethanes and 1,9-di...

Porphyrin compounds having a surface attachment group coupled thereto at the 5 position are described. The surface attachment group has the formula: ##STR00001## wherein R is --CHCH.sub.2 or --CCH and Ar is an aromatic group. Methods and intermediates useful for making such compounds are also described.

New porphyrins and chlorins including bacteriochlorins, for photodynamic therapy.

The present invention provides dipyrrin substituted porphyrinic macrocycles, intermediates useful for making the same, and methods of making the same. Such compounds may be used for purposes including the making of molecular memory devices, solar cells and light harvesting arrays.