Sulfamoyl-substituted copper phthalocyanines were synthesized and their mes
omorphic properties were investigated. Polarization microscopy was used to
establish for the first time that copper tris(propyl-sulfamoyl)phthalocyani
ne in an organic solvent (dimethylformamide) forms a chromonic M-phase, whi
le copper tris(dibutylsulfamoyl)phthalocyanine and copper tetra(octadecylsu
lfamoyl)phthalocyanine form no mesophases.