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IPA transcription: ['aɪsəmɚ]

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Noun

  • 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.