Azepine Explained

Azepines are unsaturated heterocycles of seven atoms, with a nitrogen replacing a carbon at one position.^[1]

The atoms are numbered starting with the nitrogen. The 1H form shown to the right is unstable and converts to the 3H form.^[2]

See also

• Azepane
• Benzazepines
• Diazepine
• Oxepin
• Borepin

References

1. Császár . Attila G. . Demaison . Jean . Rudolph . Heinz Dieter . 2015-03-05 . Equilibrium structures of three-, four-, five-, six-, and seven-membered unsaturated N-containing heterocycles . The Journal of Physical Chemistry A . 119 . 9 . 1731–1746 . 10.1021/jp5084168 . 1520-5215 . 25340501. 2015JPCA..119.1731C .
2. https://roempp.thieme.de/lexicon/RD-01-04108?context=search#/ Römpp Lexikon