Keywords: Boranes / Porphyrinogens / Lithiation / Grignard reaction / BrominationThe reaction of (isopropyloxy)bis(2-thienyl)borane (1d) with Grignard reagents leads to methylbis(2-thienyl)borane (1e) and to phenylbis(2-thienyl)borane (1f). Treatment of monolithiated heterocycles with dichloroboranes yields the bis(2-heteroaryl)boranes 1b, 1c, and 3a, which are dibrominated with NBS to give the 5,5Ј-dibromo products 1bЈ, 2aЈ, and 3aЈ.