Tetramerization of substituted maleonitriles in task specific 2-hydroxylethyl based imidazolium ionic liquids at 120◦C gave corresponding electron rich peripheral substituted thioporphyrazines in moderate yield. The 2-hydroxylethyl imidazolium ionic liquids gave better yields of peripheral substituted thioporphyrazinesin comparison with non-hydroxyl functionalized ionic liquids. Further, these peripherally functionalized porphyrazines containing sulphur are used to investigate spectroscopically the binding studies with palladium(II) and mercury(II) ions. These metal ions are toxic in nature and deserve serious attention in the areaof design of effective separation and efficient micro-sensing techniques. The UV–Vis absorption spectroscopy and fluorescence signalling are mainly used to study peripheral binding of transition metal ions.

Different types of corroles and porphyrins are synthesized from substituted aldehydes and pyrrole. The current synthetic method involves iodine as catalyst and proceeds at room temperature itself. By varying the amounts of reactants (i.e., pyrrole and aldehydes), the corrole and porphyrins were obtained ingood to excellent yields. These products were characterized by ¹H-NMR, UV-visible, and HRMS techniques. The reaction approach utilizes the readily available pyrrole and substituted aldehydes as starting materials and makes this reaction highly attractive in diversity-oriented synthesis