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-Porphyrin is a macrocyclic compound containing four pyrole rings.  Can you identify them in the scene to the right?
+<Structure load='Heme3.Mol' size='500' frame='true' align='right' caption='Insert caption here' scene='Porphyrin/Initial/2' />
+Porphyrins are a macrocyclic compounds containing four pyrole rings.  Can you identify them in the scene to the right?  The four pyrole rings are connected together by four <scene name='Porphyrin/Methenyl/1'>methenyl groups</scene>.  Porphyrins are distinguished from each other by the substituents attached to the pyrole rings.  Can you identify the pyrole substituents on this porphyrin (protoporphyrin IX)?  They are <scene name='Porphyrin/Methyl_groups/1'>methyl</scene>, <scene name='Porphyrin/Vinyl_groups/1'>vinyl</scene> and <scene name='Porphyrin/Propioic_groups/1'>propioic acid</scene> groups.
-<Structure load='Heme2.Mol' size='500' frame='true' align='right' caption='Insert caption here' scene='Porphyrin/Initial/1' />