“…As well, the two axial positions of the tetravalent metal centres can be displaced by various substituents such as phenyl, 132 phenoxy, 25,126,128,131 siloxy, 121,126,131,133 alkynyl, 134 diethylaminophenoxyethoxy, 135 1benzylpiperidin-4-oxy, 136 and even graphene 137 or benzyl ester dendrimers. 138 For this reason, a number of symmetrically and asymmetrically substituted X 2 -SiPc and X 2 -GePc derivatives have been developed over the years. The majority of axially substituted systems can be prepared via nucleophilic substitution of Cl 2 -MPc 25,128,132,136,138 or (HO) 2 -MPc, 120,121,126,131 while there are also examples starting from DIII for silicon-based derivatives.…”