
Chlorophyll
Chlorophyll is a porphyrin derivative conjugated with a magnesium ion that is found in plant chloroplasts, algae and cyanobacteria. Chlorophyll is essential to the process of photosynthesis. It absorbs light in the blue and red parts of the visible spectrum and transfers the absorbed photon energy to an electron, which is used to produce ATP. — NCI Thesaurus (NCIt)
- IUPAC name
- magnesium methyl (3R,22S)-16-ethenyl-11-ethyl-4-hydroxy-12,17,21,26-tetramethyl-22-[3-oxo-3-[(E,7R,11R)-3,7,11,15-tetramethylhexadec-2-enoxy]propyl]-23,25-diazonia-7,24-diazanidahexacyclo[18.2.1.15,8.110,13.115,18.02,6]hexacosa-1(23),2(6),4,8(26),9,11,13(25),14,16,18,20-undecaene-3-carboxylate
- Molecular formula
- C55H74MgN4O5+2
- Molecular weight
- 895.5 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 894.5509632 Da
- Topological polar surface area
- 103.0 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 3
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 7
- Covalent units
- 2
- Defined stereocentres
- 4
Also known as
14 more reported names
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