Keywords: Nucleophilic substitution / Homogeneous catalysis / Self-assembly / Porphyrinoids / Alcohols meso-RO-appended (R = alkyl, aryl) porphyrins bearing one or two OR substituents at the tetrapyrrolic macrocycle were synthesized in good yields from 5,15-dibromo-10,20-diphenylporphyrins 2H(Br 2 DPP), Ni(Br 2 DPP) and Zn(Br 2 DPP) using an S N Ar reaction. By varying the solvent, the base, the temperature, and the time of the reaction, the optimum conditions were established, and the selective introduction of one or two meso-RO substituents at the periphery of the