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Substance Name: Chlorophyll A
RN: 479-61-8
UNII: YF5Q9EJC8Y
InChIKey: ATNHDLDRLWWWCB-AENOIHSZSA-M

Note

  • A form of chlorophyll that absorbs light in the violet to red spectrum (approximately 400-700 nm wavelength range) and reflects green light (500-570 nm wavelength), which imparts the characteristic green color to land plants. It is essential for oxygenic PHOTOSYNTHESIS.

Molecular Formula

  • C55-H72-Mg-N4-O5

Molecular Weight

  • 893.5018
 
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Names and Synonyms

Name of Substance

  • Chlorophyll A

MeSH Heading

  • Chlorophyll A

Synonyms

  • Chlorophyll A
  • EINECS 207-536-6
  • UNII-YF5Q9EJC8Y

Systematic Names

  • Magnesium, ((2E,7R,11R)-3,7,11,15-tetramethyl-2-hexadecenyl (3S,4S,21R)-9-ethenyl-14-ethyl-21-(methoxycarbonyl)-4,8,13,18-tetramethyl-20-oxo-3-phorbinepropanoato(2-)-kappaN23,kappaN24,kappaN25,kappaN26)-, (SP-4-2)-
  • Magnesium, (3,7,11,15-tetramethyl-2-hexadecenyl 9-ethenyl-14-ethyl-21-(methoxycarbonyl)-4,8,13,18-tetramethyl-20-oxo-3-phorbinepropanoato(2-)-N23,N24,N25,N26)-, (SP-4-2-(3S-(3alpha(2E,7S*,11S*),4beta,21beta)))-

Superlist Name

  • Chlorophyll

Registry Numbers

CAS Registry Number

  • 479-61-8

FDA UNII

  • YF5Q9EJC8Y

Other Registry Numbers

  • 10579-94-9
  • 11012-21-8
  • 1407-41-6
  • 22088-09-1
  • 23389-17-5

System Generated Number

  • 0000479618

Structure Descriptors

InChI

1S/C55H73N4O5.Mg/c1-13-39-35(8)42-28-44-37(10)41(24-25-48(60)64-27-26-34(7)23-17-22-33(6)21-16-20-32(5)19-15-18-31(3)4)52(58-44)50-51(55(62)63-12)54(61)49-38(11)45(59-53(49)50)30-47-40(14-2)36(9)43(57-47)29-46(39)56-42;/h13,26,28-33,37,41,51H,1,14-25,27H2,2-12H3,(H-,56,57,58,59,61);/q-1;+2/p-1/b34-26+;/t32-,33-,37+,41+,51-;/m1./s1

InChIKey

ATNHDLDRLWWWCB-AENOIHSZSA-M

Smiles

[Mg+2].CCc1c(C)c2cc3[n-]c(cc4nc([C@@H](CCC(=O)OC\C=C(/C)\CCC[C@H](C)CCC[C@H](C)CCCC(C)C)[C@@H]4C)c5[C@@H](C(=O)OC)C(=O)c6c(C)c(cc1n2)[n-]c56)C(=C3C=C)C