The new ball-type zinc phthalocyanine with S S bridge; Synthesis, computational and photophysicochemical properties

•Synthesis and characterization of 4,4′-disulfanediyldiphthalonitrile as ligand and their ball-type zinc phthalocyanine.•The single crystal X-ray diffraction experiment and the Hirshfeld surface analysis.•Quantum chemical calculations of 4,4′-disulfanediyldiphthalonitrile and their ball-type zinc phthalocyanine.•The ball-type zinc phthalocyanine with high singlet oxygen quantum yield as 0,89.