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Chlorin vs Chlorion - What's the difference?

chlorin | chlorion |

As nouns the difference between chlorin and chlorion

is that chlorin is a large heterocyclic aromatic ring consisting, at the core, of three pyrroles and one pyrroline coupled through four methine linkages while chlorion is a chlorine ion.

chlorin

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia chlorin)
  • (organic compound) A large heterocyclic aromatic ring consisting, at the core, of three pyrroles and one pyrroline coupled through four methine linkages.

    • Derived terms

    * bacteriochlorin * isobacteriochlorin

    chlorion

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A chlorine ion.
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