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| different chemical compounds with identical molecular formulas |
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| Structural and Stereoisomers |
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| identical molecular formula but different either in the position of a certain substituent or how the same atoms are combined into different functional groups |
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| Both the order in which atoms are joined and the functional groups are identical; all that differs is the three-dimensional spatial arrangement of the atoms |
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| Types of Structural Isomers |
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| Positional and Functional Group Isomers |
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| Presence of an atom or chemical group at different positions on the carbon chain |
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| same molecular formula but different functional groups |
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| waves vibrate in a single plane |
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| Optically active substances |
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| rotate the plane of vibration of polarized light |
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| measured by specific rotation |
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| atom in a molecule that has four different groups attached |
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| molecule not identical with its mirror image, not superimposable on |
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| molecules that are nonsuperimposable mirror images of each other |
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| have identical properties |
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| rotate plane-polarized light the same number of degrees in opposite directions |
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| maximum number of enantiomers possible |
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| different ocnfigurations because of the presence of a rigid structure in the molecule |
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| stereoisomers that are not enantiomers |
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