Given the Compound Which Formula Represents a Structural Isomer

Which formulas represent compounds that are isomers of each other?

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Which structural formula represents an isomer?

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Which of the following is true about structural isomers?

• Have the same molecular formula

• Have different physical and chemical properties.

• Have the same number of elements

• all of the above

Compounds that are composed of the same number and type of atoms but have them arranged in different ways are ___________.

• isomers

• isotopes

• polymers

• alkanes

What is the phenomenon called when two or more compounds have the same molecular formula but different structural formulas?

• Polymerization

• Hydrogenation

• Isomerism

• Halogenation

What is isomerism?

• Compounds with the same molecular formula but different structural formulas

• Compounds with different molecular formulas but the same structural formula

• Compounds with the same molecular and structural formulas

• Compounds that react in the same way

Which of the following is a structural isomer of 1-butene?

• 2-butene

• Propene

• Ethene

• 1-pentene

A student is a writing a research report on how plastic is produced, and finds out that certain types of plastic are made from a chemical called 1-butene (C₄H₈ ). The ball-and-stick model of 1-butene is shown. The student decides to build another model. Which of the following ball-and-stick models has the same atomic composition as, but different properties from, 1-butene?

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Which of the following compounds is a structural isomer of butane?

What is the main difference between structural isomers?

• Different molecular formulas

• Different arrangements of atoms

• Different types of atoms

• Different states of matter