Tellurium and selenium incorporated 5,10,15,20-meso-unsubstituted-21,23-ditellura/diselena coremodified porphyrinogens (N 2 Te 2 and N 2 Se 2 ), 5,10,15,20-meso-unsubstituted-21-tellura/selena coremodified porphyrinogens (N 3 Te and N 3 Se) and fully substituted meso-carbons porphyrinogens (N 2 Te 2 , N 2 Se 2 and higher analogs) are synthesized by 3 + 1 condensation of tellurophene/ selenophene dipyrranes and their corresponding diols in the presence of BF 3 -etharate or BF 3methanol. The meso-unsubstituted and substituted porphyrinogens were oxidized with chloranil/0.1% aqueous FeCl 3 in CHCl 3 at room temperature to obtain the corresponding porphines and porphyrins which are further reduced to corresponding chlorin and bacteriochlorin, whereas the fully mesosubstituted porphyrinogens were found to be good ligands for Hg 2+ . The structures of the products were characterized by IR, 1 H, 13 C, 125 Te, 77 Se NMR, CHN analysis, mass spectrometry and singlecrystal XRD.