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A method for producing copper phthalocyanine, which comprises heating and reacting phthalic acid or a phthalic acid derivative, urea or a urea derivative, and a copper compound, using molybdenum or a molybdenum compound as a catalyst, in the presence or absence of an inert organic solvent, wherein at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an aromatic dithiol compound of the following formula (I), a saturated aliphatic dithiol compound of the following formula (II), and their precursors, or at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a ruthenium compound and an osmium compound, is added to the reaction system: ##STR1## C.sub.m H.sub.2m-x R.sub.x (SH).sub.2 (II) wherein ring A in the formula (I) is a 6-membered single carbon ring or polycyclic condensed carbon ring aromatic compound, R for R.sub.n in the formula (I) or for R.sub.x in the formula (II) is a mercapto group (--SH), a substituted mercapto group (--SR' wherein R' is a substituent inert in the reaction system), or a substituent substantially inert in the reaction system, m is an integer of from 2 to 4, and n and x are optional integers of from 0 to the maximum number of substitutable positions of the respective compounds other than the positions for the mercapto groups.

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