What are heteroatoms?

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hetero means different + atom, generally in hydrocarbon this term is used to indicate carbon atom is replaced by a hetero means different atom rather than hydrogen . eg- if i replace one 'C' atom of ethane'C2H4' with NITROGEN 'N', becomes cynide 'CN' where 'N' is heteroatom and 'CN' is heteromolecule....
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hetero means different + atom, generally in hydrocarbon this term is used to indicate carbon atom is replaced by a hetero means different atom rather than hydrogen . eg- if i replace one 'C' atom of ethane'C2H4' with NITROGEN 'N', becomes cynide 'CN' where 'N' is heteroatom and 'CN' is heteromolecule. for furthur queries 8 4 5 0 9 8 9 9 2 6 read less
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In a organic compound when carbon is replaced by another atom like sulfur,oxygen and nitrogen that compound is called heteroatoms
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hetero means different + atom, generally in hydrocarbon this term is used to indicate carbon atom is replaced by a hetero means different atom rather than hydrogen . eg- if i replace one 'C' atom of ethane'C2H4' with NITROGEN 'N', becomes cynide 'CN' where 'N' is heteroatom and 'CN' is heteromolecule...
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