Definition of heteroatom in US English:
heteroatom
nounˌhedərōˈadəmˌhedərōˈadəm
An atom in the ring of a cyclic compound other than a carbon atom.
Example sentencesExamples
- With only one heteroatom participating in resonance stabilization, the effect of the photolysis of the triarylmethanol on the binding constant will be maximal.
- The heteroatoms, including the retinal, were removed.
- It has abundant carbon-containing molecules and heteroatoms.
- The low order connectivity indices relate to fundamental parameters such as molecular surface area, molecular weight and the presence of heteroatoms.
- Another common reaction, useful in the formation of ring systems containing a heteroatom such as nitrogen, is the hetero-Diels-Alder reaction.
Derivatives
adjective-əˈtämik
The features of the distribution and composition of heteroatomic crude oil components remaining in rocks of the reservoir developed by water flooding have been revealed.
Example sentencesExamples
- It is also shown that both nondynamical and dynamical correlation energies follow very simple additivity rules in linear and branched planar chain heteroatomic polyenes, making possible their prediction in very large systems without calculation.
- The present study confirms that heteroatomic cage compounds originate by sulfurization of polycyclic hydrocarbons during TSR.
- Reported are the first heteroatomic deltahedral Zintl ions made of elements differing by more than one group, indium or gallium and bismuth.
- Homoatomic and heteroatomic refers to the kind of atoms present in the substance.