“…In principle, the data presented in Table 3 does not indicate a favorable intersystem crossing between S 1 and the adjacent triplet state, in apparent contradiction to the ZnPc photophysical behavior given by the expressive triplet (Φ T = 0.65) and singlet oxygen (Φ D = 0.67) quantum yields in DMSO. 16 This should occur mainly due to the spin-orbit coupling induced by Zn 2+ at the center of the macrocycle. 16 The experimentally evidenced weak p,p* transition with a partial contribution of n,p* transition, 24,27,47 near the Q band, in combination with the spin-orbit coupling, also should favor the intersystem crossing, resulting in the population of T 1 with a good probability.…”