| abstract |
A process for the preparation of crystalline oxytitanium phthalocyanine comprising contacting dichlorotitanium phthalocyanine, dibromotitanium phthalocyanine or a mixture of them with at least one organic solvent selected from the group consisting of aromatic nitro compounds, nitrogen-containing cyclic ethers, aromatic amines, alcohols containing not less than 4 carbon atoms, aldehydes, ketones, lactones, lactams, acid amides, nitriles, alkyl sulfoxides, substituted phenols and non-substituted phenols in association with water. |