The TBDPS protecting group was conveniently employed for the convergent synthesis of a highly soluble, fully protected octa-peripheral (op) substituted phthalocyanine (Pc). After facile deprotection, ex post modification of this full-fledged Pc scaffold by various linkers was successfully achieved. This strategy overcomes the downsides of widely established linear convergent approaches under harsh conditions, which are not only destructive to chemically sensitive substituents, but also detrimental to rapid diversification towards Pc libraries.