Mohammad Edrissi - Department of Chemical Engineering Amir kabir University, Tehran, Iran.
Behnam Seyyedi - National Petrochemical Company, Tabriz Petrochemical Company, Tabriz, Iran.
Alireza Mirhabibi - Department of Metallurgy and Material Engineering, Iran University of Science & Technlogy, Tehran, Iran
Karimi Afzal - Department of Chemistry University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.

In this method the phthalocyanine green pigment(Hexa deca chloro copper phthalocyanine), was synthesized in laboratory scale using a simple microwave oven. The initial materials are phthalic anhydride(C8H4O3), Urea(CO(NH2)2), Copper(II) chloride(CuCl2), Ammonium molybdate catalyst and saturated solution of NaCl in aqueous solvent.The time needed for the production of pigment was about 6 minutes and the overall yield 95.5%.

Copper Phthalocyanine green; Phthalic Anhydride; Microwave; Sodium Chloride