The Porphyrins V5

List of Contributors

General Preface

Preface

Contents of Other Volumes


1 Routes of Electron Transfer

I. Introduction

II. Mechanisms of Oxidation and Reduction

III. Recent Mechanistic Work

IV. Heme Proteins

References


2 Electron Transfer Photoreactions of Porphyrins

I. Introduction

II. Electron Transfer Reactions

III. Reduction

IV. Oxidation

References


3 Primary Redox Reactions of Metalloporphyrins

I. Introduction

II. Electrochemistry

III. Properties of Reduced Porphyrins

IV. Oxidation of Metalloporphyrins

V. Oxidation and Reduction of Chlorins and Bacteriochlorins

VI. Biological Roles for Primary Redox Events of Chlorophylls and Metalloporphyrins

References


4 Electrochemistry of Porphyrins

I. Introduction

II. Techniques and Apparatus

III. Electrochemistry of Porphyrins and Metalloporphyrins

IV. Enzyme Models and Biological Implications

References


5 The Oxygenation of Hemoglobin

I. Introduction

II. Models for the Hemoglobin-Oxygen Reaction

III. The Bohr Effect

IV. Temperature and the Oxygen Equilibrium

V. Effects of Organic Phosphates

VI. Kinetics of Hemoglobin-Oxygen Reaction

VII. Kinetics of Ligand Reactions

VIII. Reactions of Unliganded Hemoglobin

IX. The Hemoglobin-Oxygen Reaction

X. The Reaction of Nitric Oxide with Deoxyhemoglobin

XI. Reactions of Other Ligands

XII. Reactions of Mutant Hemoglobins with Ligands

XIII. Synthetic Hemoglobins

XIV. Kinetics of the Bohr Effect

XV. Nonmammalian Hemoglobins

XVI. Conclusion

References


6 Interaction of Dioxygen with Metalloporphyrins

I. Introduction

II. Iron Systems

III. Cobalt Systems

IV. Metalloporphyrins and Phthalocyanines of Other Transition Metals

V. Miscellaneous Systems

VI. General Conclusions

References


7 Aggregation of Porphyrins and Metalloporphyrins

I. Introduction

II. Porphyrins

III. Iron Porphyrins

IV. Other Metalloporphyrins

V. Dealing with the Question

References


8 The Isolation, Preparation, Characterization, and Estimation of the Chlorophylls and the Bacteriochlorophylls

I. Chlorophylls and Their Examination

II. Chlorophylls in Relation to Other Porphyrin Compounds

III. Significance of Chlorophylls

IV. Significance of Chromatography

V. Criteria for Separations

VI. Alteration Products

VII. Chromatographic Sequences

VIII. Estimation of the Chlorophylls

IX. Typical Chromatographic Procedures

References


9 Chlorophyll Aggregation: Coordination Interactions in Chlorophyll Monomers, Dimers, and Oligomers

I. Introduction

II. Chlorophyll as Donor and Acceptor

III. Spectroscopic Properties of Chlorophyll Monomers

IV. Chlorophyll-Chlorophyll Endogamous Interactions: Dimers

V. Chlorophyll Oligomers

VI. Summary and Conclusions

References


10 Kinetic and Mechanistic Studies of Metalloporphyrin Formation

I. Introduction

II. Sitting-Atop (SAT) Complex as an Intermediate in Metalloporphyrin Formation

III. The SAT Complex: A Reconnaissance

IV. General Review of the Literature

V. Studies of the Nature of Species Present in Reaction Solutions

VI. Conclusion

References


11 Solid State Phenomena in Porphyrins and Related Materials

I. Introduction

II. Biological Model Studies (An Overview)

III. Semiconduction and Photoconduction

IV. Superconduction

V. Possibilities and Problems

VI. Conclusion

References

Author Index

Subject Index