PHTHALOCYANINE COMPOUND

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a phthalocyanine compound absorbing near infrared rays in a wavelength region of about 900 to 1,000 nm efficiently, and having a high visible light transmission.SOLUTION: One embodiment as a phthalocyanine compound of this invention is VO-[4,5-{tetrakis(2,6-dimethylphenoxy)(2,4-dimethylphenylthio)}-3,6-{tetrakis(2,6-dimethylphenoxy)-tetrakis(2-ethylhexylamino)}phthalocyanine] synthesized from a phthalonitrile compound represented by formula (2), where Zand Zare each independently NHR, a halogen atom or the like, and Zand Zare each independently SRor OR, and R, Rand Rare each independently a phenyl group that may have a substituent.