Question

a. Write all possible organic compounds with formula C₃H₈O. Give their IUPAC names. 

b. Find out the isomers from this. Which type of isomerism do each exhibit?

Answer 1

a. i. CH₃ - CH₂ - CH₂ - OH:

Propan-1-ol

iii. CH₃ - O- CH₂ -CH₃:

Methoxyethane 

b. (i), (ii) are isomers. 

Position isomerism 

(i) , (iii) are isomers. 

Functional isomerism 

(ii), (iii) are isomers. 

Functional isomerism