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Definition of Heterocyclic

1. Noun. A compound containing a heterocyclic ring.

2. Adjective. Containing a closed ring of atoms of which at least one is not a carbon atom.

Definition of Heterocyclic

1. Adjective. (organic chemistry of a cyclic compound) Having one or more atoms other than carbon in at least one of its rings. ¹

2. Noun. (organic chemistry) A heterocycle ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Heterocyclic

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Heterocyclic

heteroclitics heteroclitous heterocodeine heterocomplex heterocomplexation heterocomplexes heteroconjugation heterocosm heterocosms heterocrine

heterocrisis heterocumulene heterocumulenes heterocycle heterocycles heterocyclic (current term) heterocyclic compound heterocyclic compounds heterocyclic compounds with 4 or more rings heterocyclic oxides

heterocyclic ring heterocyclics heterocycloalkane heterocycloalkanes heterocyclyl heterocyst heterocystous heterocysts heterocytotropic heterocytotropic antibody

Literary usage of Heterocyclic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Practical organic and bio-chemistry by Robert Henry Aders Plimmer (1920)
"heterocyclic COMPOUNDS. Numerous compounds exist containing rings or nuclei ... These ring compounds are grouped together as the heterocyclic compounds. ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"Principles of Modern heterocyclic Chemistry 401 Pages Leo A. Paquette The Ohio State University $11.95 Cloth Only This new text-monograph for advanced ..."

3. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon by Victor von Richter (1899)
"heterocyclic COMPOUNDS. The carbocyclic substances treated in the ... These bodies have been arranged under the designation " heterocyclic compounds. ..."

4. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon by Victor von Richter, Richard Anschütz, Georg Schroeter (1900)
"heterocyclic COMPOUNDS. The carbocyclic substances treated in the ... These bodies have been arranged under the designation " heterocyclic compounds. ..."

5. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon by Victor von Richter, Richard Anschütz, Georg Schroeter (1900)
"heterocyclic COMPOUNDS. The carbocyclic substances treated in the ... These bodies have been arranged under the designation " heterocyclic compounds. ..."

6. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by Arnold Frederick Holleman, Andrew Jamieson Walker, Owen E. Mott (1907)
"Only three of the condensation-products of benzene and heterocyclic nuclei will be described: quinoline, isoquinoline, and indole. The first two are related ..."

7. Organic Chemistry: Including Certin Portions of Physical Chemistry for by Howard Davis Haskins (1917)
"1 heterocyclic compounds of minor importance are thiophene, HC—CH imidazole. HC CH' y HC-CH HC NH NH HC— N NH and furan, HC-CH II II HC CH vo ..."

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