Question

Chlorophyll consists of

• A. Porphyrin head and phytol tail
• B. Phosphate head and porphyrin tail
• C. Phytol head and porphyrin tail
• D. Porphyrin head and phosphate tail.

Answer 1

The correct option is A Porphyrin head and phytol tail

Chlorophyll is a bluish-green or olive-green colour pigment soluble in organic solvents like alcohol, acetone etc. It is made up of a squarish tetrapyrrolic ring or porphyrin known as head and a phytol alcohol known as the tail. It posses -$C{H}_3$ group or $CHO$ group which links pyrrole rings of porphyrin head to form ring system and the Mg atom is present in the central position of the tetrapyrrolic ring.

So the correct option is 'Porphyrin head and phytol tail'.