A series of mixed porphyrins with different numbers of metallocenyl (f
errocenyl and cymantrenyl) and aryl (Ph and C6F5) groups at the meso-p
ositions was obtained and characterized by H-1 NMR, electronic absorpt
ion, and mass spectra. The downfield shift of NW signals as well as th
e bathochromic shift of Q-bands can be attributed to a distortion of t
he porphyrin macrocycle upon the introduction of bulky mesa-substituen
ts.