Investigated aerobic oxidation of aminochlorophenol catalyzed by phthalocyanine complexes

The synthesis of 9-Octadecenamide substituted Fe(II) phthalocyanine (ODAFePc) and Ni(II) phthalocyanine (ODANiPc) complexes from Fe(II) tetracarboxylic acid phthalocyanine (FeTcPc) and Ni(II) tetracarboxylic acid phthalocyanine (NiTcPc) with 9-Octadecenamide. These complexes have high molecular weight and soluble in organic solvents. The complexes have been confirmed by FTIR, Mass spectroscopy, UV–Visible X-ray diffraction, and thermogravimetric analysis. The synthesized complexes exhibit excellent stability and are catalytically active in 2-amino-4-chlorophenol (ACP) oxidation. The new method was used for the determination of the oxidation of phenol by applying different experimental parameters like concentration, catalytic quantity, temperature, and pH to get a good yield and catalytic activity of ODAFePc and ODANiPc were studied. ACP was oxidized by dissolved oxygen with ODAFePc and ODANiPc as a catalyst and immediately combined with 4-aminoantipyrine (4-AAP) to form a pink dye and was determined by appearance of absorption intensity at 580 ​nm. All the experimental results show that ODAFePc and ODANiPc complexes exhibit good catalytic behavior on oxidation of 2-amino-4-chlorophenol.