PHOTOCHEMICAL RING-OPENING IN meso-CHLORINATED CHLOROPHYLLS |
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| Authors: | A Struck E Cmiel S Schneider H Scheer |
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| Institution: | Botanisches Institut der Universität Munchen Menzinger Str. 67, D-8000 Munchen 19, W. Germany;Institut für Physikalische Chemie der Technischen Universitat Munchen, Lichtenbergstr. 4, D- 8046 Garching, W. Germany;Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie der Universitat, Egerland str. 3 D-8520 Erlangen, W. Germany |
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| Abstract: | Abstract— 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. |
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