Photosynthesis In Higher Plants Question 98

Question: The emperical formula for chlorophyll ‘a’ is [KCET (Med.) 1994, 2000; AFMC 1994]

Options:

A) $ C_{35}H_{72}O_5N_4Mg $

B) $ C_{55}H_{70}O_6N_4Mg $

C) $ C_{55}H_{72}O_5N_4Mg $

D) $ C_{54}H_{70}O_6N_4Mg $

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

Chlorophyll a is bluish-green with empirical formula of $ C_{55}H_{72}O_5N_4Mg $ .