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1. A method which comprises:
- contacting a metal phthalocyanine and a metal free phthalocyanine with at least one solvent; and
recovering said phthalocyanine product as a cocrystal.
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Methods for preparing phthalocyanine co-crystals are provided. The phthalocyanine co-crystals include titanyl phthalocyanines and metal free phthalocyanines.
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1. A method which comprises:
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contacting a metal phthalocyanine and a metal free phthalocyanine with at least one solvent; and
recovering said phthalocyanine product as a cocrystal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for the preparation of phthalocyanine co-crystals which comprises:
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contacting a titanyl phthalocyanine and a metal free phthalocyanine to a solvent comprising trifluoroacetic acid and methylene chloride;
contacting the resulting solution with a nonsolvent selected from the group consisting of selected from the group consisting of alcohols, water, alkylene halides, ketones and combinations thereof to precipitate the phthalocyanine co-crystals;
contacting the precipitated co-crystal phthalocyanine with an aromatic solvent; and
recovering the phthalocyanine co-crystals. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A phthalocyanine co-crystal comprising a titanyl phthalocyanine and a metal free phthalocyanine wherein the weight ratio of the titanyl phthalocyanine to the metal free phthalocyanine is from about 99:
- 1 to about 10;
90. - View Dependent Claims (24)
- 1 to about 10;
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