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- DECLARATION
- CERTIFICATE
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
- CONTENTS
- 1 PORPHYRINS AND METALLOPORPHYRINS
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Porphyrin system
- 1.3 Electronic properties of porphyrins and metalloporphyrins
- 1.4. Types of porphyrins
- (a) Protoporphyrin
- b) Deuteroporphyrin
- (c) Hematoporphyrin
- (d) Mesoporphyrin
- (e) Diacetyldtwteroporphyrin
- (f) Diformyldenteroporphyrin
- (g) Porphyrin C
- 1.5. Porphyrins in life chemistry
- 1.5.1. Hemoglobin and mioglobin
- 1.5.2. Chlorophyll
- 1.5.3. Enzymes
- 1.5.3.1 Oxygenases
- 1.5.3.2. Peroxidases and Catalase
- 1.5.4. The Cytochromes
- 1.6. Applications of porphyrins and metalloporphyrins
- 1.7. References
- 2 STUDIES ON PORPHYRIN AGGREGATES
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. Aggregation of porphyrin type natural as well as their model systems
- 2.3. Aggregation of porphyrins in solution
- 2.4. Dimerization versus aggregation
- 2.5. Application of porphyrin aggregates
- 2.6. Outline of the present work
- 2.7. References
- 3 SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HIGHER ORDER AGGREGATED PORPHYRIN SYSTEMS
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Experimental
- 3.2.1. Preparative details
- 3.2.1.1. Porphyrins and metalloporphyrins
- 3.2.1.2. Aggregated anionic and cationic porphyrin systems
- 3.2.1.3. PVC incorporated MTPyP systems
- 3.2.2. Physical measurements
- 3.3. Results and discussion
- 3.3.1. Characterization of monomeric and aggregated porphyrin systems
- 3.3.2. Electronic spectra of aggregated porphyries
- 3.3.3. Origin of electronic modulation in aggregated systems
- 3.3.4. Electronic spectra of PVC-MTPyP systems
- 3.3.5. EPR spectra
- 3.4. References
- 4 SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF COVALENTLY LINKED DIPORPHYRINS
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Experimental
- 4.2.1. Preparative details
- 4.2.1.1. Porphyrins and metalloporphyrins
- 4.2.1.2. Synthesis of covalently linked free-base diporphyrins
- 4.2.1.3. Synthesis of covalently linked zinc diporphyrins
- 4.2.1.4. Synthesis of covalently linked copper diporphyrins
- 4.2.2. Physical measurements
- 4.3. Results and discussion
- 4.3.1. NMR spectra
- 4.3.2. Electronic spectra
- 4.3.3. Fluorescent measurements
- 4.3.4. EPR spectra
- 4.4. References
- 5 THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS OF METALLOPORPHYRINS
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.1.1. Phenomenological aspects
- 5.1.2. Kinetic aspects
- 5.1.3. Mechanistic studies
- 5.1.3.1. Process governed by nucleation and growth
- 5.1.3.2. Diffusion controlled reactions
- 5.1.3.3. Phase boundary reactions
- 5.2. Experimental
- 5.3. Results and discussion
- 5.3.1. Phenomenological aspects
- 5.3.2. Kinetic aspect
- 5.3.3. Mechanistic aspect
- 5.4. References
- 6 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION