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Porphyrin vs Sapphyrin - What's the difference?

porphyrin | sapphyrin |

In context|organic chemistry|lang=en terms the difference between porphyrin and sapphyrin

is that porphyrin is (organic chemistry) any of a class of heterocyclic compounds containing four pyrrole rings arranged in a square; they are important in biochemistry in a form with a metal atom in the central cavity (hemoglobin with iron, chlorophyll with magnesium, etc) while sapphyrin is (organic chemistry) a macrocycle, analogous to porphyrin, containing five pyrrole residues.

As nouns the difference between porphyrin and sapphyrin

is that porphyrin is (organic chemistry) any of a class of heterocyclic compounds containing four pyrrole rings arranged in a square; they are important in biochemistry in a form with a metal atom in the central cavity (hemoglobin with iron, chlorophyll with magnesium, etc) while sapphyrin is (organic chemistry) a macrocycle, analogous to porphyrin, containing five pyrrole residues.

porphyrin

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any of a class of heterocyclic compounds containing four pyrrole rings arranged in a square; they are important in biochemistry in a form with a metal atom in the central cavity (hemoglobin with iron, chlorophyll with magnesium, etc.).
  • See also

    * corrin

    sapphyrin

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) A macrocycle, analogous to porphyrin, containing five pyrrole residues