The Chemistry of Heterocycles

Nomenclature and Chemistry of Three to Five Membered Heterocycles

Vishnu Ji Ram, Arun Sethi, Mahendra Nath, Ramendra Pratap
Elsevier S&T
500 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0081010334
May 2019

Heterocycles are ubiquitously present in nature and occupy a unique place in organic chemistry as they are part of the DNA and haemoglobin that make life possible. The Chemistry of Heterocycles covers an introduction to the topic, followed by a chapter on the nomenclature of all classes of isolated, fused and polycyclic heterocycles. The third chapter delineates the highly strained three membered N,O and S containing aromatic and non-aromatic heterocycles with one and more than one similar and dissimilar heteroatom. The four-membered heterocycles are abundantly present in various natural and synthetic products of pharmacological importance.