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PYRROLE GROUP [2 records]

Record 1 2016-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Biochemistry
CONT

The porphyrins are cyclic systems of four linked pyrrole rings (porphin nucleus) ...

CONT

Pyrrole groups are present in both chlorophyll and hemoglobin.

CONT

porphyrin: Any of a number of natural nitrogenous organic compounds characterized by four heterocyclic pyrrole groups ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Biochimie
CONT

pyrrol ou pyrrole : Composé hétérocyclique (...). Son rôle biochimique est considérable sous la forme tétrapyrrolique cyclique c.-à-d. comportant quatre noyaux pyrrole. De ces noyaux sont issues les hémoglobines, les porphyrines, la bilirubine, etc.

CONT

Le noyau du pyrrole se retrouve dans de nombreux produits naturels : pigments biliaires, porphyrines, etc.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
DEF

A member of a group of compounds containing four reduced pyrrole rings joined into a macrocyclic ring by links between their [alpha] positions; three of these links are formed by a one-carbon unit(methylidyne radicals) and the other by a direct Calpha-Calpha bond. They include various B-12 vitamins, factors, and derivatives based upon the skeleton of corrin, C19 H22 N4.

OBS

The word "alpha" must be replaced by the corresponding Greek letter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
DEF

Un des composés faisant partie de l'ensemble des produits contenant quatre noyaux pyrroles réduits qui sont reliés par leurs positions [alpha] de manière à former un macrocycle; trois de ces liaisons sont formées par une unité contenant un atome de carbone (groupes méthylidynes) et l'autre par une liaison directe C[alpha]-C[alpha]. Ils comportent divers facteurs et dérivés de la vitamine B-12 dont le squelette est fondé sur celui de la corrine, C19 H22 [N indice 4].

OBS

Le mot «alpha» doit être remplacé par la lettre grecque correspondante.

Spanish

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