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Heterocycles template
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20 parent heterocycles: pyrrole, furan, thiophene, azoles, pyridine, diazines, indole, quinoline, purine...
What the template shows
- Parent aromatic and saturated rings found in drugs and natural products
- Five-membered
- Six-membered
Drawn with 127 atoms, 3 shapes – every one editable in MolDraw.
Sources
- Clayden, Greeves & Warren, Organic Chemistry, 2nd ed., OUP 2012, ch. 29 Textbook
- PubChem: pyridine Database
- PubChem: indole Database
How to use this template
- Press Edit in MolDraw. The template opens on the canvas of the free MolDraw editor.
- Change anything: move structures, edit atoms and labels, recolour highlights or delete what you do not need.
- Add your own structures, arrows and text next to it, or combine several templates on one page.
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Frequently asked questions
Is the Heterocycles template free?
Yes. The Heterocycles template is one of the free MolDraw templates: open it in the editor or download it from this page as SVG or PNG and use it in your slides, worksheets and notes.
Can I edit the Heterocycles template?
Yes. It opens as an ordinary MolDraw drawing, so every structure, arrow, label and colour can be changed, and you can add your own content around it.
Is the chemistry checked?
Every structure is checked with RDKit and every curly arrow passes MolDraw’s electron-flow audit. The sources used are listed on this page.
Which functional groups are included?
Alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, arenes, alcohols, ethers, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives, amines, nitriles and more, each with an example.