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CHM 102 Practice Questions Objective Question
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The compounds CH3CH2OCH2CH3 and CH3OCH2CH2CH3 are
Options
A Enantiomers
B Conformational isomers
C Metamers
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D Optical isomers
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Option C is the correct answer.

Detailed Explanation

These are metamers, a type of structural isomerism where compounds have the same functional group but different distribution of carbon atoms around the functional group (here, different alkyl groups attached to the oxygen atom).

Hint

What type of isomerism involves different alkyl groups on the same functional group?

Question Info

Course: CHM 102
Topic: Practice Questions
Type: Objective
Difficulty: Not specified
Question 986 of 1999
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