Heterocyclic chemistry is the branch of chemistry that deal with organic compounds that contain heteroatoms in addition to carbon atoms. They may be acyclic or cyclic compounds.
Heterocyclic compound is the class of cyclic organic compounds those having at least one hetero
atom (i.e. atom other than carbon) in the cyclic ring system. The most common heteroatoms are
nitrogen (N), oxygen (O) and sulphur (S). Heterocyclic compounds are frequently abundant in
plants and animal products; and they are one of the important constituent of almost one half of
the natural organic compounds known. Alkaloids, natural dyes, drugs, proteins, enzymes etc. are
some important class of natural heterocyclic compounds.
- Lecturer : Eugene Ayuk