International Science Community Association Research Journal of Chemical Sciences 2231 - 606X 1 9 2011 December 18 Synthesis, Structural Investigations and Antifungal Studies on Symmetrically Substituted Metal (II) Octa-1- (3-chlorophenyl) Methanimine Phthalocyanine 29 36 EN Eruola A.O. 1 University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, NIGERIA Ufoegbune G.C. 2 Yaba College of Technology, Lagos State, NIGERIA A.O. Eruola 3 Awomeso J.A. 4 Abhulimen S.A. 5 Glossman-Mitnik D. 1 NANOCOSMOS Virtual Lab - Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados, S.C., M. de Cervantes 120, Complejo Industrial Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Chih. 31109, MEXICO Heda L.C. 1 Research Laboratory, S. D. Govt. College, Beawar, 305901, Rajasthan, INDIA Sharma Rashmi 2 Chaudhari Pramod B. 3 Gordillo-Delgadoa F. 1 Laboratorio de Optoelectrónica, Universidad del Quindío Apdo. Postal 2639 Armenia, COLOMBIA Marinb E. 2 Centro de Investigación en Ciencia Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada del I.P.N, Unidad Legaria. 694, Col. Irrigación, D.F, MÉXICO Cortés-Hernández D.M. 3 Shrivastava Shikha 1 Govt. V.Y.T. P.G. Autonomous Collage, Durg, C.G., INDIA Dwivedi Sushma 2 Fasiulla K.R. 1 Dept. of Chemistry, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, Udupi Dist. –576104, Karnataka, INDIA Reddy Venugopala 2 Dept. of Studies in Industrial Chemistry, Sahyadri Science College, Shimoga -577201 Shimoga Dist., Karnataka, INDIA Keshavayya J. 3 Dept. of Studies in Chemistry, Kuvempu University, Janna Sahyadri, Shankaragatta-577451, Shimoga Dist., Karnataka, INDIA Moinuddin Khan M.H. 4 Dept. of Chemistry, JNNC of Engineering, Shimoga. Dist., Karnataka, INDIA Anitha 5 Rao Vittala 6 > Research Paper 2011 8 18 2011 December 18 Metallophthalocyanine (M = Cu, Co, Ni, Zn) carrying eight (3-chlorophenyl) methanimine groups at peripheral positions were synthesized by an efficient simple and novel method. The precursor octaamino metal (II) phthalocyanines were synthesized by the reduction of the corresponding nitro metal phthalocyanines. The dark green octa-1-(3- chlorophenyl) methanimine phthalocyanine derivatives were characterized by elemental analysis, magnetic susceptibility, electronic, IR and powder X-ray diffraction studies to check the purity, structural integrity and crystalline properties of the complexes. Magnetic susceptibility studies on Co (II) and Cu (II) octa-1-(3-chlorophenyl) methanimine phthalocyanine complexes exhibit a variation of the magnetic moments as a function of field strength indicating the presence of inters molecular co-operative effect. The title complexes were screened for antifungal activity. Copyright@ International Science Community Association