“…The Pd 2+ complex with octa(p-bromophenyl)tetraazaporphyrin (VIII) was prepared by the method [8]. 0.1 g of octa(p-bromophenyl)tetraazaporphyrin and 0.23 g of PdCl 2 (molar ratio 1:20) were dissolved in 20 ml of DMF, heated to boiling, boiled for 10 min, cooled, poured into water, filtered, washed with water, dried, and chromatographed on silica gel (eluent chloroform), and then reprecipitated from methanol.…”