Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
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A phthalocyanine compound of the formula ##STR46## wherein MePc is the zinc or aluminum phthalocyanine ring system, M is hydrogen or the equivalent of a salt-forming cation, R 1 is M or a group of the formula ##STR47## wherein X is hydrogen or ammonium or the equivalent of a monovalent, divalent or trivalent metal ion, and R 3 is C 1 -C 8 -alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxy, alkoxy, halogen, cyano, or carbalkoxy, aminocarbonyl or dialkylamino; aryl, unsubstituted or substituted by alkyl or alkoxy, nitro, haloalkyl, halogen, alkoxycarbonyl, cyano, alkylsulfonyl, acylamino, carboxy and derivatives thereof, sulfo and derivatives thereof, acyloxy, trifluoromethyl or dialkylamino, or an unsubstituted or substituted or fused 5- or 6-membered aromatic heterocyclic ring containing one or two nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur heteroatoms which may be unsubstituted or substituted in the same manner as the aryl groups R 3 ; each R 2 is independently halogen, aryl or cyano, n has any value from 1 to 4, each of m and q has any value from 0 to 3 and p has any value from 0 to 4, while the sum of n+m and n+q in each case is 1 to 4 and q is only different from 0 if R 1 is a group of the formula ##STR48## and m is 0.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A phthalocyanine compound of the formula ##STR46## wherein MePc is the zinc or aluminum phthalocyanine ring system, M is hydrogen or the equivalent of a salt-forming cation, R 1 is M or a group of the formula ##STR47## wherein X is hydrogen or ammonium or the equivalent of a monovalent, divalent or trivalent metal ion, and R 3 is C 1 -C 8 -alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxy, alkoxy, halogen, cyano, or carbalkoxy, aminocarbonyl or dialkylamino; aryl, unsubstituted or substituted by alkyl or alkoxy, nitro, haloalkyl, halogen, alkoxycarbonyl, cyano, alkylsulfonyl, acylamino, carboxy and derivatives thereof, sulfo and derivatives thereof, acyloxy, trifluoromethyl or dialkylamino, or an unsubstituted or substituted or fused 5- or 6-membered aromatic heterocyclic ring containing one or two nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur heteroatoms which may be unsubstituted or substituted in the same manner as the aryl groups R 3 ; each R 2 is independently halogen, aryl or cyano, n has any value from 1 to 4, each of m and q has any value from 0 to 3 and p has any value from 0 to 4, while the sum of n+m and n+q in each case is 1 to 4 and q is only different from 0 if R 1 is a group of the formula ##STR48## and m is 0.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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A phthalocyanine compound of claim 1, wherein q is 0.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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A phthalocyanine compound of claim 1, wherein M is hydrogen, an alkali metal ion, an ammonium ion or an amine salt ion, R 2 is a halogen atom or cyano and X is hydrogen, ammonium or an alkali metal atom.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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A phthalocyanine compound of claim 3, wherein R 2 is a halogen atom and R 3 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl, C 1 -C 4 haloalkyl, C 2 -C 6 alkoxyalkyl, C 1 -C 4 hydroxyalkyl, C 2 -C 5 cyanoalkyl, di(C 1 -C 4 )-alkylamino(C 1 -C 4 )alkyl or benzyl, phenyl or phenyl substituted by 1 to 3 substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, C 1 -C 4 alkyl, C 1 -C 4 alkoxy, cyano, nitro, di(C 1 -C 4 )alkylamino, and sulfo and carboxy and the salts thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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A phthalocyanine compound of claim 4 of the formula ##STR49## wherein R 2 ' is chlorine, bromine or iodine, M' is hydrogen, sodium, potassium or ammonium, and R 1 ' is hydrogen, M' or a group of the formula ##STR50## wherein X' is hydrogen, sodium, potassium or ammonium, and R 3 ' is C 1 -C 4 alkyl, phenyl or C 1 -C 4 alkylphenyl, chlorophenyl or methoxyphenyl, and MePc, n, m and p are as defined in claim 4.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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A phthalocyanine compound of claim 2, wherein R 1 is hydrogen or a group of the formula ##STR51##
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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A phthalocyanine compound of claim 5 wherein R 2 ' is chlorine.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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A phthalocyanine compound of claim 2, wherein R 1 is a group of the formula ##STR52##