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Organic Chemistry

alkanes show only chain isomerisam is it true?

Profile image of ravikumar neradala
14 Years agoGrade
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Profile image of Chetan Mandayam Nayakar
14 Years ago

Yes

Profile image of Ashwin Muralidharan IIT Madras
14 Years ago

Hi Ravikumar,

 

No. That is not true.

They can show other isomerism as Geometrical Isomerism and Optical isomerism as well.

 

Regards,

Ashwin (IIT Madras).

Profile image of Swapnil Saxena
14 Years ago

The isomerism is conformational, optical, and nuclear(chain) ones.

Profile image of Rahul Kumar
14 Years ago

No. That is not true.

They can show other isomerism as Geometrical Isomerism and Optical isomerism as well.