Preface . . vii

Chapter 1 Reactivity of Porphyrin Radical Cations and Dications towards Nucleophiles: An Easy and Original Electrochemical Method for the Synthesis of Substituted, Oligomeric and Polymeric Porphyrin Systems . . 1
Chapter 2 Making Porphyrins to Feel Like at Home . . 45
Chapter 3 Synthetic Strategies to Chlorins and Bacteriochlorins . . 89
Chapter 4 Recent Achievements for Chemical Sensing, Tumor Marker Detection and Cancer Therapy with Porphyrin Derivatives . . 161
Chapter 5 Use of the Porphyrin Autofluorescence for Cancer Diagnosis . . 195
Chapter 6 Porphyrins: Chemistry, Properties and Applications . . 229
Chapter 7 Applications of Porphyrins for Neoangiogenic Disorders . . 261
Chapter 8 Molecular Encapsulation of Structurally Different Quinones by Porphyrin-Resorcin [4] Arene Conjugates . . 287
Chapter 9 Porphyrin Solid Films: Growing Processes, Physical Features, and Optical Properties . . 311
Chapter 10 Electrocatalytic Reduction of Oxygen by Cobalt Porphyrins for Fuel Cell Applications . . 335
Chapter 11 Cycloaddition Reactions as the Key Step in the Synthesis of Covalently Linked Porphyrin-Fullerene Supramolecular Systems . . 359
Chapter 12 Phosphorus (V) Porphyrin: Its Potential Application for Photomedicine . . 393
Chapter 13 Construction and Supramolecular Chemistry of Porphyrin Nanorings . . 409
Chapter 14 Porphyrins: Properties and Applications . . 429

Index . . 439