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The compound was characterized by elemental analysis and different spectroscopic techniques, such as FT-IR, 1H NMR, MALDI-TOF, and UV-Vis. The Zn (II) phthalocyanine shows excellent solubility in organic solvents such as dichloromethane (DCM), n-hexane, chloroform, tetrahydrofuran (THF), and toluene. Photochemical and electrochemical characterizations of the complex were performed by UV-Vis, fluorescence spectroscopy, and cyclic voltammetry. Its good solubility allows a direct deposition of this compound as film, which has been tested as a solid-state sensing material in gravimetric chemical sensors for gas detection, and the obtained results indicate its potential for qualitative discrimination and quantitative assessment of various volatile organic compounds, among them methanol, n-hexane, triethylamine (TEA), toluene and DCM, in a wide concentration range.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules28104102","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,16]],"date-time":"2023-05-16T02:27:04Z","timestamp":1684204024000},"page":"4102","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Synthesis and Characterization of New-Type Soluble \u03b2-Substituted Zinc Phthalocyanine Derivative of Clofoctol"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"28","author":[{"given":"Sabrine","family":"Dridi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Experimental Sciences and Supramolecular Chemistry, Laboratory of Didactic Research, Higher Institute of Education and Continuing Training (ISEFC), University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis 1002, Tunisia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jamel Eddine","family":"Khiari","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Experimental Sciences and Supramolecular Chemistry, Laboratory of Didactic Research, Higher Institute of Education and Continuing Training (ISEFC), University of Carthage, Tunis 1054, Tunisia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2140-0110","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gabriele","family":"Magna","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8563-8043","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Manuela","family":"Stefanelli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1137-6973","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Larisa","family":"Lvova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Federica","family":"Mandoj","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Khaoula","family":"Khezami","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Istinye University, 34396 Istanbul, Turkey"},{"name":"Department of Chemistry, Gebze Technical University, 41400 Kocaeli, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mahmut","family":"Durmu\u015f","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemistry, Gebze Technical University, 41400 Kocaeli, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0543-4348","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Corrado","family":"Di Natale","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2380-1404","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Roberto","family":"Paolesse","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"213548","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ccr.2020.213548","article-title":"Phthalocyanines as contrast agents for photothermal therapy","volume":"426","author":"Zheng","year":"2021","journal-title":"Coord. 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