Heterocyclic Compound (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Heterocyclic compounds are organic compounds containing at least one atom of carbon, and at least one element other than carbon, such as sulfur, oxygen or nitrogen within a ring structure. These structures may comprise either simple aromatic rings or non-aromatic rings. Some examples are pyridine C5H5N, pyrimidine C4H4N2 and dioxane C4H8O2. Heterocyclic chemistry is the branch of chemistry dealing with synthesis, properties, and applications of heterocycles. The IUPAC recommends using the Hantzsch-Widman nomenclature to name heterocyclic compounds. Heterocyclic compounds can be usefully classified based on their electronic structure. The saturated heterocycles behave like the acyclic derivatives. Thus, piperidine and tetrahydrofuran are conventional amines and ethers, with modified steric profiles.