isomers
Chemical compounds having identical chemical
composition and molecular formula, but differing in the arrangement
of atoms in their molecules, and having different properties. The two chief
types are stereoisomers, which have
the same structural formula, and structural isomers, which have different
structural formulas. The latter may be subdivided into positional isomers,
which have the same functional groups
occupying the different positions on the carbon skeleton; and functional
isomers, which have different functional groups.
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