as sirohydrochlorin, a biosynthetic intermediate of vitamin B₁₂, produced without going through a chlorin. In living organisms, both are ultimately derived from uroporphyrinogen III, a near-universal intermediate in tetrapyrrole biosynthesis.

Synthetic chlorins

Numerous synthetic chlorins with different functional groups and/or ring modifications have been examined.

Contracted chlorins

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