English Explanatory Dictionary

phthalocyanine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of a family of macrocyclic compounds having a structure similar to that of porphyrin; they are blue/green pigments that are used in plastics and enamels.

Word forms

phthalocyanine phthalocyanines

Etymology

From phthalimide + cyanine.

Related words

phthalocyaninate sulfophthalocyanine superphthalocyanine subphthalocyanine

Derived words

copper phthalocyanine metallophthalocyanine polyphthalocyanine

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