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Chlorophyll c

Chlorophyll c1
Chlorophyll c1.svg
Chlorophyll c1 molecule
Names
IUPAC name
[(2E)-3-[14-Ethyl-21-(methoxycarbonyl)-4,8,13,18-tetramethyl-20-oxo-9-vinyl-3,4-didehydro-3-phorbinyl-κ2N23,N25]acrylato(2-)]magnesium
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ChemSpider
PubChem CID
Properties
C35H30MgN4O5
Molar mass 610.95 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Chlorophyll c2
Chlorophyll c2.svg
Chlorophyll c2 molecule
Names
IUPAC name
[(2E)-3-[21-(Methoxycarbonyl)-4,8,13,18-tetramethyl-20-oxo-9,14-divinyl-3,4-didehydro-3-phorbinyl-κ2N23,N25]acrylato(2-)]magnesium
Identifiers
ChemSpider
PubChem CID
Properties
C35H28MgN4O5
Molar mass 608.94 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Chlorophyll c3
Identifiers
Properties
C36H28MgN4O7
Molar mass 652.95 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Chlorophyll c is a form of chlorophyll found in certain marine algae, including the photosynthetic Chromista (e.g. diatoms, brown algae) and dinoflagellates.

It has a blue-greenish color and is an accessory pigment, particularly significant in its absorption of light in the 447-452 nm wavelength region, Like chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b, it helps the organism gather light and passes a quanta of excitation energy through the light harvesting antennae to the photosynthetic reaction centre. Chlorophyll c is unusual because it has a porphyrin ring structure and does not have an isoprenoid tail or a reduced ring D, features typical of the other chlorophylls commonly found in algae and plants.

Chlorophyll c can be further divided into chlorophyll c1, chlorophyll c2 and chlorophyll c3, plus at least 8 other more-recently-found subtypes.

Chlorophyll c1 is a common form of chlorophyll c. It differs from chlorophyll c2 in its C8 group, having an ethyl group instead of vinyl group (C-C single bond instead of C=C double bond). Its absorption maxima are around 444, 577, 626 nm and 447, 579, 629 nm in diethyl ether and acetone respectively.

Chlorophyll c2 is the most common form of chlorophyll c. Its absorption maxima are around 447, 580, 627 nm and 450, 581, 629 nm in diethyl ether and acetone respectively.

Chlorophyll c3 is a form of chlorophyll c found in microalga Emiliania huxleyi, identified in 1989. Its absorption maxima are around 452, 585, 625 nm and 452, 585, 627 nm in diethyl ether and acetone respectively.


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