“…Diphenylamine, 9 H -carbazole, 2-iodothiophene, 2-bromothiazole, 2-amino-6-nitrobenzothiazole, isoamylnitrite, diiodomethane, 5-(trimethylsilylethynyl)-thiophene-2-carbaldehyde, and malononitrile were purchased from Aldrich. 2-Ethynyl-5-nitrothiophene was synthesized via established methods. − 5-(Trimethylsilylethynyl)-thiophene-2-carbaldehyde was synthesized following a literature method . The syntheses of 5,15-bis(3,5-bis(3,3-dimethyl-1-butyloxy)phenyl)porphyrin, [5-bromo-10,20-bis(3,5-bis(3,3-dimethyl-1-butyloxy)phenyl)porphinato]zinc(II), [5,15-dibromo-10,20-bis(3,5-bis(3,3-dimethyl-1-butyloxy)phenyl)porphinato]zinc(II), [5-bromo-15-triisopropylsilylethynyl-10,20-diarylporphinato]zinc(II) ( porphyrin 1 ), [5-(4-dimethylaminophenylethynyl)-15-bromo-10,20-bis(3,5-bis(3,3-dimethyl-1butyloxy)phenyl)porphinato]zinc(II) ( porphyrin 2 ), [5-(4-dimethylaminophenylethynyl)-15-ethynyl-10,20-diarylporphinato]zinc(II) ( porphyrin 3 ), and [5-ethynyl-15-(4-nitrophenylethynyl)-10,20-diarylporphinato]zinc(II) ( porphyrin 4 ) have been reported previously. ,,,, The synthesis and electrooptic properties of the nonlinear optical chromophore [5-(4-dimethylaminophenylethynyl)-15-(5-nitrothienyl-2-ethynyl)-10,20-bis(3,5-bis(3,3-dimethyl-1-butyloxy)phenyl)porphinato]zinc(II) ( compound 1 ) have been described recently …”