Corrin
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Corrin is a noun meaning (organic chemistry) A molecular species that contains four reduced pyrrole rings joined in a macrocycle by three -CH= groups and one direct bond; central to the cobalt-containing vitamin cobalamin.
Meaning
(organic chemistry) A molecular species that contains four reduced pyrrole rings joined in a macrocycle by three -CH= groups and one direct bond; central to the cobalt-containing vitamin cobalamin.
Example Sentences
But the result showed unequivocally that the vitamin contained a ring system unlike any that had been seen before (it was later given the name ‘corrin’).
Word Forms
- corrins
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include corrinoid, corrole, corphyrin, octadehydrocorrin, cobamide, metallocorrole.
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