chlorin

English

Noun

chlorin (countable and uncountable, plural chlorins)

1. (organic chemistry) A large heterocyclic aromatic ring consisting, at the core, of three pyrroles and one pyrroline coupled through four methine linkages.
2. Archaic form of chlorine.

Derived terms

• bacteriochlorin
• isobacteriochlorin
• metallochlorin

Anagrams

• ronchil