Unit 3 Section 1 Intro to Organic Chemistry

Question 1

What is a stereoisomer?

Answer 1

A molecule with the same structural formula but their atoms are arranged differently in space.

Question 2

What is a chain isomer?

Answer 2

same functional group
but carbon chains are branched in different ways

Question 3

What is a positional isomer?

Answer 3

same skeleton
sane atoms attached to it
but the atoms are attached differently/to different carbons

Question 4

What is a functional group isomer?

Answer 4

Same atoms arranged into different functional groups

Question 5

Under what conditions can E/Z isomerism only occur?

Answer 5

Where there is no rotation between the carbon bonds
And two different groups of atoms are attached to the carbons in the double bond