Properties of Chlorophyll

    In the reaction of photosynthesis, chlorophyll helps the electrons transfer from water (taken in from the roots) to the carbon dioxide that has been taken in. An electron in chlorophyll is then excited from a lower energy state to a higher energy state from light energy that is absorbed through the leaves. This excited electron is now able to transfer to another molecule more easily and starts a chain of transfers until it ends up carbon dioxide. This loss of an electron by chlorophyll results in the gaining of an electron of water. Therefore chlorophyll is the "middle man" for photosynthetic electron transfers between water and carbon dioxide.

In conclusion chlorophyll is able to harness solar energy and convert it to chemical energy that the plant needs.

Chlorophyll "eats through" metal because it takes whatever metallic compound in and puts it out as waste. Inside plants Chlorophyll bonds with quinones and carotenoids. to form this..