of a formyl-fullerenoporphyrinbuildingblock. Condensation of this aldehyde with pyrrole in CHCl3 with BF3·Et2O as catalyst followed by p-chloranil oxidation yielded a pentaporphyrinic scaffold surrounded by four peripheral C60 subunits. By following a similar strategy, a bis-porphyrin buildingblock bearing an aldehyde function was prepared and used for the construction of a nonaporphyrin array by