Heteroatoms is an English word. Below you'll find 8 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Heteroatoms meaning
plural of heteroatom
Using Heteroatoms
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of heteroatom
- In the example corpus, heteroatoms often appears in combinations such as: heteroatoms are, two heteroatoms.
Context around Heteroatoms
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Heteroatoms
- In this selection, "heteroatoms" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, two, four, carbon and atoms stand out and add context to how "heteroatoms" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include altered if heteroatoms are present and between two heteroatoms is very. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "heteroatoms" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with heteroatoms
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Most functional groups feature heteroatoms (atoms other than C and H). (11 words)
Those with two heteroatoms are more likely to occur as reactive intermediates. (12 words)
A large group of 5-membered ring compounds with three heteroatoms also exists. (13 words)
Heterocyclic compounds main The characteristics of the cyclic hydrocarbons are again altered if heteroatoms are present, which can exist as either substituents attached externally to the ring (exocyclic) or as a member of the ring itself (endocyclic). (37 words)
However, multiple boron atoms reacting with each other have a tendency to form novel dodecahedral (12-sided) and icosahedral (20-sided) structures composed completely of boron atoms, or with varying numbers of carbon heteroatoms. (34 words)
Step-growth main Step-growth polymers are defined as polymers formed by the stepwise reaction between functional groups of monomers, usually containing heteroatoms such as nitrogen or oxygen. (28 words)
Example sentences (8)
Five-member ring compounds with four heteroatoms: With 5-heteroatoms, the compound may be considered inorganic rather than heterocyclic.
A large group of 5-membered ring compounds with three heteroatoms also exists.
Heterocyclic compounds main The characteristics of the cyclic hydrocarbons are again altered if heteroatoms are present, which can exist as either substituents attached externally to the ring (exocyclic) or as a member of the ring itself (endocyclic).
However, multiple boron atoms reacting with each other have a tendency to form novel dodecahedral (12-sided) and icosahedral (20-sided) structures composed completely of boron atoms, or with varying numbers of carbon heteroatoms.
Low-barrier hydrogen bonds form when the distance between two heteroatoms is very small.
Most functional groups feature heteroatoms (atoms other than C and H).
Step-growth main Step-growth polymers are defined as polymers formed by the stepwise reaction between functional groups of monomers, usually containing heteroatoms such as nitrogen or oxygen.
Those with two heteroatoms are more likely to occur as reactive intermediates.
Common combinations with heteroatoms
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: