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Heteroatom vs Hydrocarbon - What's the difference?

heteroatom | hydrocarbon |

As nouns the difference between heteroatom and hydrocarbon

is that heteroatom is any atom in a heterocyclic ring (or other structure normally built of carbon atoms) that is not a carbon atom while hydrocarbon is a compound consisting only of carbon and hydrogen atoms.

heteroatom

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any atom in a heterocyclic ring (or other structure normally built of carbon atoms) that is not a carbon atom.
  • hydrocarbon

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) A compound consisting only of carbon and hydrogen atoms.
  • Derived terms

    * fluorochlorohydrocarbon * hydrocarbonaceous * hydrocarbonic

    Hyponyms

    * alkane * alkene * alkyne * cycloalkane * cycloalkene * arene

    See also

    * aliphatic * aromatic * petroleum