Adjacent phthalocyanines with a binaphthalo backbone and phenoxy substituents were synthesized and their photochemical properties were investigated. The adjacent phthalocyanines are the binaphthalophthalocyanines, with the phenoxy, 4-tert-butylphenoxy and the sulfophenoxy substituents, respectively and bis-binaphthalophthalocyanine which has an extended π conjugation system and larger singlet oxygen quantum yield compared to the other compounds. The presence of the phenoxy substituents as well as the binaphthalo bridge does not cause a marked difference on the fluorescing properties of these complexes when compared to zinc phthalocyanine. The binaphthalo backbone allowed the molecules to photoswitch during photolysis affording them very high photostability.