How are structural isomers drawn?
1 Answer
Feb 22, 2018
Through many hours of hard practice!
Explanation:
Structural isomers have the same molecular formula, but different constitutions (e.g. connectivity of atoms).
Consider,
It can have a double bond or a cyclic connection among the carbons (or oxygen, for that matter). I'll draw a few, but there are many constitutional isomers, on average,
That took me five minutes, and I'm sure there are more I missed (like a carbonyl