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porphin
Sign in to savePorphine or porphin is an organic compound of empirical formula . It is heterocyclic and aromatic. The molecule is a flat macrocycle, consisting of four pyrrole-like rings joined by four methine bridges, which makes it the simplest of the tetrapyrroles.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C20H14N4
- Molecular weight
- 310.4 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 21,22-dihydroporphyrin
- SMILES
- C1=CC2=CC3=CC=C(N3)C=C4C=CC(=N4)C=C5C=CC(=N5)C=C1N2
- InChIKey
- JZRYQZJSTWVBBD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 3.9
- Polar surface area
- 57.4 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 2
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Porphine derivatives: porphyrins
- Further reading
- References
Porphine or porphin is an organic compound of empirical formula . It is heterocyclic and aromatic. The molecule is a flat macrocycle, consisting of four pyrrole-like rings joined by four methine bridges, which makes it the simplest of the tetrapyrroles.
The nonpolar tetrapyrrolic ring structure of porphine means it is poorly soluble in most organic solvents and hardly water soluble. As a result, porphine is mostly of theoretical interest. It has been detected in GC-MS of certain fractions of Piper betle.
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