Continued from TP-9 Metal Coordination Complexes
Alphabetical List of Compounds
A. Trivially Named Porphyrins
B. Trivially Named Chlorins
B'. Trivially Named Isobacteriochlorins
C. Trivially Named Chlorophylls
D. Trivially Named Bilanes
E. Fundamental Parents
| Name | List below | Separate file | | | Name | List below | Separate file |
| Bacteriochlorin | list | file | | | Mesochlorophyll | list | file |
| Bacteriochlorophyll a | list | file | | | Mesoporphyrin | list | file |
| Bacteriochlorophyll b | list | file | | | Phthalocyanine | list | file |
| Bilane | list | file | | | Phycocyanobilin | list | file |
| Bilin | list | file | | | Phycoerythrobilin | list | file |
| Bilirubin | list | file | | | Phyllochlorin | list | file |
| Biliverdin | list | file | | | Phylloporphyrin | list | file |
| Chlorin | list | file | | | Phytochlorin | list | file |
| Chlorophyll a | list | file | | | Phytoporphyrin | list | file |
| Chlorophyll b | list | file | | | Porphyrin | list | file |
| Chlorophyll c1 | list | file | | | Porphyrinogen | list | file |
| Chlorophyll c2 | list | file | | | Protoporphyrin | list | file |
| Chlorophyll d | list | file | | | Pyrrochlorin | list | file |
| Coproporphyrin I | list | file | | | Pyrroporphyrin | list | file |
| Corrin | list | file | | | Rhodochlorin | list | file |
| Corrole | list | file | | | Rhodoporphyrin | list | file |
| Cytoporphyrin | list | file | | | Sapphyrin | list | file |
| Deuteroporphyrin | list | file | | | Sirohydrochlorin | list | file |
| Dipyrrin | list | file | | | Stercobilin | list | file |
| Etioporphyrin I | list | file | | | Tripyrrin | list | file |
| Hematoporphyrin | list | file | | | Urobilin | list | file |
| Mesobilirubin | list | file | | | Urobilinogen | list | file |
| Mesobiliverdin | list | file | | | Uroporphyrin I | list | file |
Note The trivial names apply to the tautomeric structures also. See TP-1.1.
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| Coproporphyrin I | Cytoporphyrin |
Note Type I shown only. See TP-2.2 for "type nomenclature" using Roman numerals.
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| Deuteroporphyrin | Etioporphyrin I |
Note 1. Not to be confused with the isotopically labeled compound deuterioporphyrin.Note 2. Type I shown only. See TP-2.2 for "type nomenclature" using Roman numerals.
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| Hematoporphyrin | Mesoporphyrin |
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| Phylloporphyrin | Protoporphyrin |
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| Pyrroporphyrin | Rhodoporphyrin |
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| Uroporphyrin I | Phytoporphyrin |
Note Type I shown only. See TP-2.2 for "type nomenclature" using Roman numerals.
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| Phyllochlorin | Phytochlorin |
Note Phyllochlorin has been redefined so that it is now the 17,18-dihydro derivative of phylloporphyrin. This chlorin name has formerly been used in the literature to refer to the structure shown, but with a vinyl group in place of the ethyl groups at position 3.
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| Pyrrochlorin | Rhodochlorin |
Note Rhodochlorin has been redefined so that it is now the 17,18-dihydro derivative of rhodoporphyrin. This chlorin name has formerly been used in the literature to refer to the structure shown, but with a vinyl group in place of the ethyl group at position 3.

Sirohydrochlorin
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| Chlorophyll a (R = phytyl) | Chlorophyll b (R = phytyl) |
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| Chlorophyll c1 | Chlorophyll c2 |
Note In contrast to the other chlorophyll structures, chlorophylls c1 and c2 are unsaturated at positions 17 and 18. Further they are free acids at position 17.
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| Chlorophyll d (R = phytyl) | Bacteriochlorophyll a (R = phytyl) |
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| Bacteriochlorophyll b (R = phytyl) | Mesochlorophyll a (R = phytyl) |

Biliverdin
Mesobiliverdin
Bilirubin
Mesobilirubin
Urobilin
Stercobilin
Urobilinogen
Phycoerythrobilin
Phycocyanobilin
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| Porphyrin | Chlorin |
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| Bacteriochlorin | Porphyrinogen |
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| Phthalocyanine | Sapphyrin |
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| Corrin | Corrole |

Bilane
Bilin
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| Tripyrrin | Dipyrrin |