Progress into the investigation of LDIs has historically been stymied by the requirement of time-intensive investigations into specific dimerization procedures for each new desired functionalization. Siloxy-ligand exchange can and has served as a useful tool for the more rapid generation of novel species for structural analysis, but is separation-intensive, ligand-dependent, and unsustainable in the long run. Furthermore, historical methods for dimerization of silicon phthalocyanines in the absence of solubility imparting siloxy-groups utilize reagents that present both economic and health concerns to the modern researcher. Utilization of triethylgerminol or similar germinol species to impart solubility during the synthesis of new siloxy-functionalized dimeric phthalocyanine compounds of interest may avoid these confounding factors, allowing for more rapid generation of required X-ray crystallography LDI data.