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The stepwise extant biosynthetic formation of tetrapyrrole macrocycles is accompanied by a steady increase in hydrophobicity (top). An all-at-once tandem combinatorial (non-enzymic) process affords macrocycles encompassing the entire range of polarity (bottom). Each porphyrinogen can be oxidized to give the corresponding porphyrin (not shown).
