HETEROCYCLES IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

A HETEROCYCLE IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY IS A RING OF CONNECTED ATOMS, WHERE ONE OR MORE OF THE ATOMS IN THE RING ARE ELEMENTS DIFFERENT FROM CARBON.
HETEROCYCLES WITH OXYGEN, NITROGEN, AND SULFUR ARE THE MOST PREVALENT; SELENIUM, BORON, SILICON, ARSENIC & PHOSPHORUS CAN ALSO BE INCORPORATED.
OXYGEN-BASED HETEROCYCLES

NITROGEN-BASED HETEROCYCLES

SULFUR-BASED HETEROCYCLES

MULTIPLE HETEROATOM HETEROCYCLES

N
H

Tetrahydrofuran

FURAN

TETRAHYDROPYRAN

4H-PYRAN

1,4-DIOXANE

ETHYLENe IMINE

ETHYLENE OXIDE
Oxirane
C 2H4 O

Oxolane
C4 H 8 O

Oxole
C4H4O

Oxane
C5H10O

N
H

N
H

PYRROLE

IMIDAZOLE

PYRAZOLE

1,3-diazole
C3H4N2

PYRAZINE

Azolidine
C4H9N

1,2-diazole
C3H4N2

N
H

N
H

TRIAZOLE

PIPERIDINE

PYRIDINE

PYRIMIDINE

PYRIDAZINE

1,2,4-triazole
C2H3N3

Azinane
C5H11N

Azine
C5H5N

ETHYLENE SULFIDE

TETRAHYDROTHIOPHENE

THIOPHENE

TETRAHYDROTHIOPYRAN

Thiirane
C2H4S

PYRROLIDINE

1,4-diazine
C4H4N2

Aziridine
C2H5N

N
H

p-Dioxane
C4H8O2

Azole
C4H5N

4H-Oxine
C5H6O

N
H

Thiolane
C4H8S

Thiole
C4H4S

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Thiane
C5H10S

1,3-diazine
C4H4N2

OXAZOLE

1,3-oxazole
C3H3NO

1,2-diazine
C4H4N2

THIAZOLE

1,3-thiazole
C3H3NS

N
H

MORPHOLINE

Tetrahydro-1,4-oxazine
C4H9NO

BY

NC

ND