eng Science and Education Publishing World Journal of Chemical Education 2375-1657 2019-02-04 7 1 26 32 10.12691/wjce-7-1-4 WJCE2019714 article Shaikha S. Al Neyadi 1 Ahmed Alzamly 1 Abdullah Al-Hemyari 1 Ibrahim M. Tahir 1 Saeed Al-Meqbali 1 M. A. Ali Ahmad 1 Muna Bufaroosha muna.bufaroosha@uaeu.ac.ae 1 Department of Chemistry, College of Science, UAE University, Al-Ain, UAE The effectiveness of microwave-assisted synthesis of 5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrin and its corresponding to metal complexes of (Bi (III), Zn (II) and Ni (II)) are described. Moreover, the synthesized metalloporphyrins that were obtained with reasonable yields were characterized using UV-vis, 1H-NMR and IR. http://pubs.sciepub.com/wjce/7/1/4/wjce-7-1-4.pdf porphyrins metalloporphyrins microwave synthesis