4,5-Dioctyloxy-1,2-benzenedicarbonitrile (4,5-Dioctyloxyphthalonitrile) may be used for the preparation of new unsymmetrically substituted DB24C8-phthalocyanines.It may be used for the synthesis of tetrathiafluvalene (TTF)-annulated symmetrical and unsymmetrical phthalocyanines.