The nickel(II) complex of the 21 -ethoxycarbonyl-5,10,15,20-tetraphenyl-21H-21 -homoporphine exists as two thermally stable epimers, endo and exo. The structure of the endo epimer has been determined from three-dimensional X-ray counter data. This epimer crystallizes in the triclinic system as the dichloromethane solvate, space group PI. The unit cell has a = 17.773 (4) A, 6 = 13.064 (3) A, c = 13.414 (3) A, a = 126.88 (4)°, ß = 73.14(3)°, and 7 = 125.68(2)°a nd contains two molecules. The structure was solved by Patterson and Fourier methods, and refined by least-squares techniques to conventional and weighted discrepancy factors of 0.073 and 0.102, respectively, for the 5516 reflections having / > 4 /. The structure consists of well-separated molecules. The nickel atom exibits square-planar coordination, involving nitrogen atoms of the four pyrrole bases. One of the Ni-N bond lengths, 1.961 (3) A, is longer than the other three which are equal to 1.886 ± 0.010 A. The macrocyclic ligand is highly distorted. Individual pyrrole rings are planar but are rotated with respect to the four nitrogen least-squares plane. The angles between the planes of adjacent pyrroles are 39.8, 38.3, 29.6 and 73.4°. The distortion appears as a result of the ester carbon insertion in the chain between two pyrroles of the original tetraphenylporphine. This provides a ring expansion which also affects the Ni-N bond lengths. This work describes the first example of an homoporphyrin complex structure.