aromatics such as nitrobenzene or nitronaphthalenes and give the corresponding pyrroles in good yields. Pyrroles prepared by this method have been converted into porphyrins fused with various aromatic rings by the reduction with LiAlH4 followed by treatment with an acid catalyst and oxidation with chloranil or oxygen. Tetra-1,2-naphthoporphyrin has been prepared by the reaction of 2-nitro-3,4-dihydronaphthalene