1,3-dipolar cycloaddition is one of the most important methods in organic chemistry for the synthesis of five-membered rings. This is the reaction between species represented by zwitterionic resonance structures (1,3-dipole) and multiple bond system (dipolarophile). Azomethine ylides are allyl type 1,3-dipoles. Porphyrins can participate as dipolarophiles in 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition with azomethine ylides; chlorins and bacteriochlorins can be obtained as a result of this reaction. In this work, 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(3-pyridyl)porphyrin and 5-(4-acetamidophenyl)-10,15,20-tris(3-pyridyl)porphyrin are synthesized using Adler-Longo method and used in 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions. Syntheses were carried out using conventional methods and microwave irradiation. Both porphyrins were used in 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition with two different azomethine ylides generated in situ. One was generated from sarcosine and paraformaldehyde and the other from sarcosine and benzaldehyde. 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(3-pyridyl)porphyrin and azomethine ylide afforded monocycloadduct (chlorin). Azomethine ylide was in that case generated from sarcosine and paraformaldehyde. The reaction was carried out using conventional method. The structure of monoaduct was confirmed by 1H i 13C NMR and UV/vis spectroscopy. The absorption spectrum of monoaduct is typical of a chlorin. New monoaduct was also analyzed by fluorescence spectroscopy. Products obtained from other performed reactions, conventional and microwave assisted, were not isolated pure, therefore the structures of these compounds could not be confirmed by NMR spectroscopy.