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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

These two isomers will react differently with other optical isomers.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

The mirror images of the cis isomer form a pair of optical isomers, which have identical behavior except when reacting with other enantiomers.

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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