The Chemistry of Plant LifeThatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
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The Chemistry of Plant Life
Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
Botanical chemistry
CH_{3} H CH_{3}
| | |
C_{2}H_{5}-C=C C_{2}H_{5}-C=C C_{2}H_{5}-C=C
| \ | \ | \
| NH | NH | NH
| / | / | /
CH_{3}-C=C CH_{3}-C=C CH_{3}-C=C
| | |
CH_{3} CH_{3} H
Phyllopyrrole Hæmopyrrole Isohæmopyrrole
As a result of the study of these decomposition units, Willstätter has
suggested the following formulas for the structural arrangement of
ætiophyllin and ætioporphyrin, the compounds which result from the removal
of all of the acid groups and finally of the magnesium from the
chlorophylls,
H HC===CH
| | |
CH_{3}-C--C C---C
║ \\ // ║
║ N N ║
║ / · · \ ║
C_{2}H_{5}-C--C · · C---CH
\ · · //
C------------C
/ · · \
C_{2}H_{5}-C==C · · C==C-C_{2}H_{5}
| \ ·· / |
| N-----Mg-----N |
| / \ |
CH_{3}-C==C C==C-C_{2}H_{5}
| |
CH_{3} CH_{3}
Ætiophyllin
H HC===CH
| | |
CH_{3}-C--C C---C
║ \\ // ║
║ N N ║
║ / \ ║
C_{2}H_{5}-C--C C---CH
\ //
C------------C
/ \
C_{2}H_{5}-C==C C==C-C_{2}H_{5}
| \ / |
| N N |
| / \ |
CH_{3}-C==C C==C-CH_{3}
| |
CH_{3} CH_{3}
Ætioporphyrin
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