We describe the synthesis and properties of metallo‐ionic phthalocyanines (MIPCs), obtained upon interacting metalled phthalocyaninetetracarboxylic acid with 1‐ethyl‐3‐methyl imidazolium chloride in a methanolic sodium hydroxide (NaOH) condition. Two MIPCs analyzed by 1H‐NMR and MALDI‐TOF, additionally, the four positional regioisomers (Cs, C4h, D2hand C2v) confirm by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) analysis indicate the purity of the sample. The UV‐visible and photoluminescence spectroscopy used to characterize the effects of peripheral substituents on the absorption and emission spectroscopy that featured the distinctive J(Jelly) and H(hypsochromic) aggregates of MIPCs in a polar solvent. Electrochemical characteristics evaluated through cyclic voltammetry (CV) confirms the redox properties and the electron transfer mechanism studied by DFT calculations. Gelation experiment demonstrated on zinc‐ionic phthalocyanine shows the entangled network as evaluated using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) images. We also studied the chromonic liquid crystalline behavior of MIPCs.
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