Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry

Oxazoline: A heterocyclic functional group characterized by a nonaromatic five-membered ring containing an N=C-O group and two carbon atoms, or a molecule containing this moiety. Also the parent molecule of this series. Also called a dihydrooxazole.






General oxazoline structure   
Oxazoline   
2,4,4-Trimethyloxazoline
(2,4,4-trimethyl-4,5-dihydrooxazole)