Phthalocyanine compounds

摘要

A phthalocyanine compound of formula (I): wherein figures 1 to 16 around the phthalocyanine skeleton indicate the positions of carbon atoms in each benzene ring thereof; an oxygen atom is bonded to the carbon atom with position 1 or 4, to the carbon atom with position 5 or 8, to the carbon atom with position 9 or 12, and to the carbon atom with position 13 or 16; R<1> is a fluorine-atom substituted alkyl group; R<2> is an unsubstituted phenyl group or an alkyl-group-substituted phenyl group; R<3> is an unsubstituted alkyl group, a fluorine-atom substituted alkyl group or a hydrogen atom; and M represents Zn, Cu or Ni.