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Magnesium-containing chlorins are called chlorophylls, and are the central photosensitive pigment in chloroplasts. Related compounds, with two pyrroles and two pyrrolines (which are like pyrroles with one double bond reduced to a single bond) in the macrocycle are called bacteriochlorins and isobacteriochlorins. Because of their photosensitivity, ...
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2,3-Dihydroporphin(e); 2,3-dihydroporphyrin;one of the root structures of the chlorophylls (for structure, see porphyrin). Addition of the two-carbon bridge (see structure of chlorophyll) to chlorin yields phorbin(e); addition of side chains yields the phorbides, distinguished by a number of arbitrary prefixes (those found in the chlorophylls are p...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: klōr′in Definitions: 1. One of the root structures of the chlorophylls (see porphyrin). Addition of the two-carbon bridge (see chlorophyll) to chlorin yields phorbin(e); addition of side chains yields the phorbides, distinguished by a number of arbitrary prefixes (those found in the chlorophylls are pheo- and ba...
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