“…The free base porphyrins meso-tetraphenylporphyrin and meso-tetrakis(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)porphyrin were synthesized as described previously by the known procedures [25][26][27][28], purified by silica gel column chromatography using CHCl 3 , 80% CHCl 3 , and 20% hexane as the eluting solvents and identified by UV-Vis and IR spectroscopy. UVVis spectra were recorded on a Varian 100S spectrophotometer in CH 2 Cl 2 , benzene, CHCl 3 , and oleic acid.…”