Question

a) CH3-CH2-O-CH2-CH3

(b) CH3-CH2-CH2-CH2-OH

(c) CH3-CH2-CH-CH3



OH
CH3-CH2-CH-CH3



CH3

(i)Identify the isomer pairs from these compounds​

Answer 1

Explanation:

(a) CH

3

−CH

2

−CH

2

−CH

2

−OH (1-Butanol)

(b) IUPAC name of 1-Butanol is Butan-1-ol.

(c) The pair of isomers are as follows

CH

3

−CH

2

−CH

2

−CH

2

−OH (1-Butanol) and

CH

3

−CH

2

−O−CH

2

−CH

3

(Diethyl ether)

The type of isomerism is 'Functional group isomerism'.