Question

Draw all possible isomers of a compound with molecular formula, $C_{4}H_{10}O$. Classify them as chain and position isomers.

Answer 1

Isomers: Compounds having ""same"" ""molecular formula"" but exhibit different structures.

Chain isomers: It is a kind of ""structural isomerism"" in which the isomers have the ""same"" molecular formulation but ""differ"" in the order in which the carbon atoms are linked.

Position isomers: This isomers are ""constitutional isomers"" with the same ""carbon skeleton"" and ""functional groups"" but differ from each other when the functional groups are located on or in the carbon chain.

The possible isomers of ${ C }_{ 4 }{ H }_{ 10 }O$ is as follows.

From the above “b” and “c” are position isomers, and “d”and ”f” are chain isomers.