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pyrrole

pyrrole

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A five-sided ring with one nitrogen atom found in natural molecules like heme and chlorophyll
  • noun
  • /ˈpɪrˌroʊl/
  • Specialized
: pirrol
  • Scientists discovered that the pyrrole ring is present in chlorophyll, giving plants their green color.

Examples

  • Relationship between compound palatability in fish-feeding experiments and molecular structure for pyrrole-imidazole alkaloids from sponges of the genus Agelas.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The research focused on the properties of pyrrole and how it contributes to various biological functions.

  • Pyrrole is an important compound in the structure of pyrrole, which is essential for oxygen transport in the blood.

Surface Forms

pyrrole singular
pyrroles plural

Etymology

Pyrrole has the part pyr- meaning 'fire', and early chemists often found this small ring when they heated plants or animal matter. So, pyrrole now names that tiny ring of five atoms with one nitrogen that appears in important natural molecules like heme and chlorophyll.