Question

What are heteroatoms?

Answer 1

Answer:A heteroatom is any atom that is not carbon or hydrogen.Typical heteroatoms are nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, phosphorus, chlorine, bromine, and iodine.

In chemistry, a heteroatom (from Ancient Greek heteros, "different", + atomos, "uncut") is, strictly, any atom that is not carbon or hydrogen.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Hydrocarbon can also form bonding with other elements such as oxygen, halogens, nitrogen etc.

In a hydrocarbon chain, one or more hydrocarbon can be replaced by these elements such that the valency of carbon remains satisfied.

In such compounds the element replacing hydrogen is called as a heteroatom.

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