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What does heteroatom mean?

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  1. (chemistry) Any atom in a heterocyclic ring (or other structure normally built of carbon atoms) that is not a carbon atom.
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Thus, each bond between a carbon and a heteroatom is polar, and the degree of polarity depends on the difference between the electron-attracting properties of the two atoms.
Another common reaction, useful in the formation of ring systems containing a heteroatom such as nitrogen, is the hetero-Diels-Alder reaction.
The problem that occurs is that the major constituents of all of these new materials are hydrocarbon or heteroatom based.
Two types of catalysts were used to compare their activities at heteroatom removal.
With only one heteroatom participating in resonance stabilization, the effect of the photolysis of the triarylmethanol on the binding constant will be maximal.
The heteroatom compounds such as asphaltenes exist as colloidal dispersions in crude oil and were peptized by other components present in the oil.

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