1 Institute of Organic Chemistry of Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224, Warsaw, Poland. dtgryko@icho.edu.pl.
2 University of Salerno, Department of Chemistry and Biology "A. Zambelli", Via G. Paolo II, 132, Fisciano, SA, 84124, Italy. gmonaco@unisa.it.
3 Department of Chemistry, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, 9300, Republic of South Africa.
4 Department of Chemistry and Center for Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, 9037, Tromsø, Norway. abhik.ghosh@uit.no.
New naphthocorrole ligands, display both the cavity size of corroles and the dianionic character of porphyrins. Nonaromatic and yet flaunting deceptively porphyrin-like optical spectra, they are readily accessible via a simple protocol.