Atrstract: The syntheses of 3,6-dineopentoxyphthalonitrile and 3,4,5,6tetraneopentoxyphthalonitrile are described. Condensation of these phthalonitriles with nickel chloride in lr'.N-dimethylarninoethanol yielded 1,4,8,11,15,18,22,25-octaneopentoxyphthalocyaninato nickel(Il) (3) and 1,2,3,4.8.9,10,11,15,16,17,18.22,23,24.25-hexadecaneopentoxyphtlralocyaninato nickel(Il) (7). The rH NMR spectra of these phthalocyanines and the related 2,3,9,10,16,17,23,24-octaneopentoxyphthalocyaninato R6sum6 : On ddcrit les synthdses des 3,6-din6opentoxy-et 3,4,5,6-tdtrandopentoxyphtalonitriles. La condensation de ces phtalonitriles avec du chlorure de nickel dans du N,N-dim6thylaminodthanol conduit d la formation des 1,4,8,11,15,18,22,25-octan6opentoxyphtalocyaninato nickel(il) (3) et 1,2,3,4,8,9,10,11,15,16,17,18,22,23,24, (3,8), and nonlinear optics (9-l l). Applications of peripherally unsubstituted phthalocyanines are limited due their insolubility in common organic solvents and water (10, 1 l). Phthalocyanines possess an extended aconjugated electron system which pennits n stacking (aggregation) betu'een planar macrocycles, provided the distance between the macrocycles is small (10). Adding substituents to the periphery of the macrocycles increases their solubility since these substituents increase the distance between the stacked phthalocyanines and enable their solvation (10,12