Visible light photocatalysis using water-soluble tin porphyrin (s-SnP, [Sn(OH 2 ) 2 (TPy H P)](NO 3 ) 6 ) and waterinsoluble tin porphyrin Sn(OH) 2 (TPP) (ins-SnP) immobilized on SiO 2 (hetero-SnP) was investigated. The visible light photocatalytic activities of s-SnP and hetero-SnP were demonstrated successfully for the degradation of 4-chlorophenol (4-CP) and acid orange 7 (AO7) in water. The visible light activity of hetero-SnP increased with the ins-SnP loading and was saturated above 77 mg/g-SiO 2 , which corresponded to the homogeneous concentration of [ins-SnP] ) 50 µM. It is the Q band of SnP (500-650 nm) that is photocatalytically active under visible light, not the Soret band (420-430 nm) whose absorption intensity is much higher. When applied to the degradation of 4-CP and AO7, hetero-SnP was particularly stable and could be used repeatedly without losing the activity whereas the activity of s-SnP was reduced gradually with repeated uses. The photocatalytic degradation reactions of 4-CP, AO7, and other organic substrates were studied systematically to show that the operating mechanisms are very different depending on the kind of substrates. The properties and activities of s-SnP and hetero-SnP as visible light photocatalysts were investigated in various ways and discussed in detail.

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Two porphyrin-based coordination frameworks, [Ag2(TPyP)Sn(OH)2](NO3)2●(solv)x (1) and [Ag2(TPyP)Sn(INA)2](OTf)2●(CH3CN)2 (2) (INA = isonicotinato anion, OTf = CF3SO3-), were constructed by the self-assembly of hexacoordinated (meso-tetra-(4-pyridyl)porphyrinato)Sn(IV) building blocks with Ag(I) ions. They...

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