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FUNCTIONAL ISOMERISM [1 record]

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Record 1 1986-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
DEF

... a type of isomerism in which the difference is not (necessarily) in the position of the atoms, but also in their valence, or chemical nature, or both; in short, in the functional groups present. Examples are ether an alcohol ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
CONT

(...) l'isomérie de fonction (...) se rencontre lorsque les molécules renferment des groupes fonctionnels différents, par exemple le groupe COOH de l'acide acétique CH3 - COOH et le groupe COOCH3 du formiate de méthyle HCOOCH3.

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