Structural isomerism
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Noun
structural isomerism
- a form of isomerism in which the same atoms are arranged in different orders; either having the same or different functional groups
See also
- geometric isomerism
- optical isomerism
- same functional group
- n-butanol - CH3(CH2)3OH
- 2-methyl-propanol - (CH3)2CHCH2OH
- different functional groups
- ethanol - CH3CH2OH
- di-metyhyl-ether - CH3OCH3