Heterocyclic compounds formally derived from
arenes by replacement of one or more methine
(
–C=) and/or vinylene
(
–CH=CH–)
groups by trivalent or divalent heteroatoms, respectively, in such a way as to maintain
the continuous π-electron system characteristic of aromatic systems and a number of
out-of-plane π-electrons corresponding to the Hückel rule
(
);
an alternative term is
hetarenes.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on
structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1340
InChI=1/C4H4N2/c1-2-6-4-3-5-1/h1-4H
InChI=1/C4H4S/c1-2-4-5-3-1/h1-4H
KYQCOXFCLRTKLS-UHFFFAOYAV
YTPLMLYBLZKORZ-UHFFFAOYAY
Cite as:
IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic,
J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
