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Noun
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a compound that exists in forms having different arrangements of atoms but the same molecular weight
Usage examples
- All other isomers have half-lives under a year, most under a day.
- The "cis"-isomer of crotonic acid is called isocrotonic acid.
- It is produced industrially by catalytic isomerization of the more common alpha-pinene.
- The commercial material contains a mixture of all four stereoisomers.
- Without the tether, the exo isomer forms.
- The photo-isomerization of azobenzene is extremely rapid, occurring on picosecond timescales.
- Tetrazene has been reported to have eleven isomers.
- The other toluidine isomers are used in the production of dyes.
- There may be more than one isomer for each isotope.
- This residue contains a few percent by weight of phenol and isomeric cresols.