1 Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur - 208 016, India, and Medicinal Chemistry Division, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India.
[reaction: see text] Synthesis of new meso aryl 30pi heptaphyrins 2, 3, and 4 is achieved. Spectroscopic studies reveal that 2, 3, and 4 are aromatic and possess an inverted structure.