Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Porphin sometimes spelled porphine is the parent chemical compound for types of biochemically significant compounds called porphyrins. The chemical formula of porphin is C20H14N4. Porphin is an organic compound that is aromatic and heterocyclic since its chemical structure shown at right essentially consists of four pyrrole rings joined together by four methine (=CH—) groups to form a larger macrocycle ring. The compound itself is a solid.
