| 540 / | HD | ORGANIC COMPOUNDS -- PART OF THE CLASS 532-570 SERIES | 
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| * | DD | ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (Class 532, Subclass 1) {1} | 
| 1 | DF | .~ HETEROCYCLIC CARBON COMPOUNDS CONTAINING A HETERO RING HAVING CHALCOGEN (I.E., OXYGEN, SULFUR, SELENIUM OR TELLURIUM) OR NITROGEN AS THE ONLY RING HETERO ATOMS {6} | 
| 450 | DF | .~.~ The hetero ring contains at least eight members including nitrogen and carbon {9} | 
| 451 |  | .~.~.~ Chalcogen double bonded directly to a ring carbon of the hetero ring which is adjacent to the ring nitrogen (e.g., laurolactam, etc.) {7} | 
| 452 | DF | .~.~.~.~> Heavy metal, aluminum, boron or silicon containing | 
| 453 | DF | .~.~.~.~> Spiro | 
| 454 | DF | .~.~.~.~> Chalcogen in the hetero ring {1} | 
| 460 | DF | .~.~.~.~> Plural nitrogens in the hetero ring | 
| 461 | DF | .~.~.~.~> Polycyclo ring system which contains the hetero ring as one of the cyclos {1} | 
| 463 | DF | .~.~.~.~> Nitrogen or additional chalcogen attached directly to the hetero ring by nonionic bonding | 
| 464 | DF | .~.~.~.~> Utilizing oximes, oxime salts, hydroxylamines, hydroxylamine salts or nitrosating agents to form the hetero ring (i.e., formation of the lactam ring) |