Describe a structure of a chlorophyll molecule.

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1. Chemically chlorophyll molecule consists of two parts head of tetrapyrrole the porphyrin ring and a long hydrocarbon tail called phytol attached to the porphyrin group. 

2. Both chlorophyll-a and chlorophyll-b are similar in their molecular structure, except that the methyl group (-CH3 ) in chlorophyll-a is replaced with an aldehyde group (-CHO ) in chlorophyll-b.

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