“…The solubility can be increased by introducing alkyl, alkoxy or long ester chain groups into the periphery or non-periphery positions of the phthalocyanine framework. The preparation of phthalocyanines with monohydroxycoumarins has been reported in several papers and their different properties, such as photophysical, photochemical, electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical, have been investigated [22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]. In this paper, the combination of ethyl 7-hydroxy-4,8-dimethylcoumarin-3-propanoate and 3-nitrophthalonitrile (1) functional groups into a single hybrid compound, ethyl 7-(2,3-dicyanophenoxy)-4,8-dimethylcoumarin-3-propanoate (2) via nucleophilic aromatic substitution reaction is performed, and this time coumarin is substituted with ethyl propanoate in the 3-position of three lactone ring, and the corresponding Co(II), Cu(II) and Mn(III) phthalocyanines bearing ethyl 7-oxy-4,8-dimethylcoumarin-3-propanoate groups were prepared.…”