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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Example Sentences

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

Another important type of isomers are optical isomers, or enantiomers, in which two objects are exact mirror images of each other but cannot be lined up so that all parts match.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

Coordination complexes with two different ligands in the cis and trans positions from a ligand of interest form isomers.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

It was found, however, that condensation products from the three isomers were distinguishable from one another neither in physical nor in tannoid properties.

From Synthetic Tannins by Grasser, Georg