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Organic Compounds

Question 3 • Foothill-B Period-Chemistry-26/27B

Structural isomers are chemical compounds that have

Answer
A
the same atoms that are arranged in different orders.
B
the same atoms that are arranged in the same order.
C
the same types of bonds that are bonding the same number of carbon atoms to different atoms.
D
different types of bonds that are bonding the same number of carbon atoms to different atoms.

Explanation

Structural isomers have the same molecular formula, meaning they contain the same numbers and types of atoms, but those atoms are connected in different ways. Therefore, choice A, “the same atoms that are arranged in different orders,” describes structural isomers.

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