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Heterocycle

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Summary

A ring compound containing at least one ring atom other than carbon.

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Organic compoundHeterocycle

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This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.

Authored explanation

Heterocycles are organic ring systems containing nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, or another noncarbon ring atom.

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HeterocycleAromaticity

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Authored explanation

A conjugated heterocycle can be assigned aromatic character using explicit energetic, structural, magnetic, or electronic criteria; heteroatom participation and state can change the assessment.

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The target represents a state, property, observable, or state-dependent description associated with the source system or theory.

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