What are Heterocyclic Compounds?

Heterocyclic compounds are cyclic compounds that contain atoms other than carbon in their ring. There are smaller and larger rings and there are also multiple ring heterocycles.

Heterocyclic compounds play a big role in organic chemistry and because they have different electron configurations from carbon, they react differently from carbon rings and differently from each other. For now, it’s simply important to know what a heterocyclic compound is.