In organic chemistry, a pyrrole is a five membered aromatic ring, 4 elements of which are carbonatoms, one element of which is a nitrogen atom. The molecular formula for a pyrrole is C4NH5. The structure is:
Pyrroles are components of larger aromatic rings, including the porphyrins of heme, the chlorins and bacteriochlorins of chlorophyll, and the corrin ring of vitamin B12.
