isomers
Chemical compounds having identical chemical composition and molecular formula, but differing in the arrangement of atoms in their molecules, and having different properties. The two chief types are stereoisomers, which have the same structural formula, and structural isomers, which have different structural formulas. The latter may be subdivided into positional isomers, which have the same functional groups occupying the different positions on the carbon skeleton; and functional isomers, which have different functional groups.
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