The interaction of uranyl with meso-tetraphenylporphyrin and its para-substituted derivatives (H 2 t(4-X)pp, X : H, Br, Cl, CH(CH 3 ) 2 , OCH 3 , CH 3 ) in chloroform produced 1 : 1 sitting-atop (SAT) complexes ((uranyl)H 2 t(4-X)pp). Formation constants were calculated by computer fitting of complex absorbance versus mole ratio data to appropriate equations and found to decrease with temperature increase. Thermodynamic parameters, ÁG 0 , ÁH 0 and ÁS 0 were obtained. The formation constants vary with changing of the substituent on the aryl rings of H 2 t(4-X)pp in the following order: (uranyl)H 2 t(4-OCH 3 )pp4(uranyl)H 2 t (4-CH 3 )pp4(uranyl)H 2 t(4-CH(CH 3 ) 2 )pp4(uranyl)H 2 tpp4(uranyl)H 2 t(4-Br)pp4(uranyl)H 2 t (4-Cl)pp.