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PHOTOCHEMICAL RING‐OPENING IN meso‐ CHLORINATED CHLOROPHYLLS
Author(s) -
Struck A.,
Cmiel E.,
Schneider S.,
Scheer H.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
photochemistry and photobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.818
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1751-1097
pISSN - 0031-8655
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1990.tb01706.x
Subject(s) - photochemistry , chemistry , irradiation , visible spectrum , chlorophyll , degradation (telecommunications) , chlorophyll a , pigment , ring (chemistry) , wavelength , materials science , optoelectronics , organic chemistry , biochemistry , physics , computer science , nuclear physics , telecommunications
— Irradiation of 20‐chloro‐chlorophylls of the a‐type with visible light produces long‐wavelength shifted photoproducts, which transform in the dark to linear tetrapyrroles (bile pigments). The possible significance for chlorophyll degradation is discussed.