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isomers

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  1. In chemistry, molecules that contain exactly the same numbers of the same kinds of atoms, but in which the atoms have different structural arrangements.


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The new workflow can also identify isomers, which are molecules with the same chemical formula but different atomic arrangements.

From Science Daily Apr. 8, 2024

"The different chemical forms are known as isomers, and this is the first time that reactions between them have been used to develop piezoresistors," Dr Fallon said.

From Science Daily Oct. 3, 2023

This makes it possible to have two isomers of 2-butene, one with both methyl groups on the same side of the double bond and one with the methyl groups on opposite sides.

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

Name the other isomers that contain a five-carbon chain with three methyl substituents.

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

A factor of considerable importance in determining boiling-points of isomers is the symmetry of the molecule.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various

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