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Isomer   /ˈaɪsəmər/   Listen
Isomer

noun
1.
A compound that exists in forms having different arrangements of atoms but the same molecular weight.



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"Isomer" Quotes from Famous Books



... tropine, C{8}H{15}N, and proved at the same time that atropic acid is easily formed by the action of boiling baryta water on tropic acid, while hydrochloric acid at all temperatures forms isatropic acid, an isomer of atropic acid. Kraut confirmed these results, and showed that atropic acid as well as cinnamic acid gives benzoic acid by oxidation, and hydratropic acid (the isomer of phenylpropionic acid) by reduction with sodium amalgam. These results ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882 • Various


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