Heterocycles

Definition

A heterocycle is an organic compound whose carbon ring contains one or more heteroatoms ($ O $, $ S $, $ N $ ...)

Example

Nicotine

Scientific Nomenclature

The body of the name refers to (in order of precedence!) the heteroatoms:

The suffix denotes the ring size:

Examples

Oxetane

Thiepine

The order $ O \gt S \gt N $ is for the body of the name and the numbering!

Examples

1,2,4-Triazine

1,2,4-Oxathiazinane

If the cycle contains the maximum possible double bonds (completely unsaturated), hydrogen attached to an atom bound by two single bonds should be indicated with the prefix H

Examples

1- H -azirine

2- H -azirine

If the cycle does not contain the maximum possible double bonds, the hydrogen atoms attached to two ring atoms bound by single bonds are indicated by the prefixes dihydro , trihydro ... The rest of the name is the name of the cycle with the maximum possible double bonds.

Examples

2,3-Dihydroazete

2,3,4-Trihydrothiine

Usual nomenclature

In the case of simple molecules the traditional names are preferred:

Shortcut of scientific nomenclature of fused cycles

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In-depth study of the nomenclature of (hetero)cycles

    →       Bicyclic compounds     →       Bicycloalkanes: exercises     →       Spiranes: exercises     →     Current heterocycles     →       Current nitrogen heterocycles     →     Common oxygenated and sulphurized heterocycles     →       Systematic nomenclature (Hantzsch-Widman) of simple heterocycles     →       Systematic nomenclature (Hantzsch-Widman) of condensed heterocycles     →       Nomenclature of substituted simple heterocycles     →       Nomenclature of substituted condensed heterocycles