isomer
Same atoms, different arrangement
Isomers are molecules with the same chemical formula but different arrangements of atoms.
Two compounds might contain identical numbers of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms yet behave as distinct substances because those atoms connect or orient differently.
Glucose and fructose are isomers of each other.
The concept is fundamental to organic chemistry, where subtle structural differences produce dramatically different properties.
Health-promoting walk
- positionalRelating to placement
- skeletalOf or like bones
- branchingSplitting into separate directions
- chainLinked segments forming length
tautomer · connectivity · rearrangement · isobutane · butanol · propanol · xylene · molecular formula
Mirror-image molecular variant
- chiralityMirror-image non-superimposability
- asymmetricNot identical on both sides
- handednessPreferred limb dominance
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
One who follows norms
- gaucheSocially awkward, unrefined
- antiPrefix for opposition
- staggeredShocked or unevenly spaced
- eclipsedSurpassed or obscured
chair · boat · axial · equatorial · cyclohexane · energy barrier · rotation
On this side
- transPrefix for across
- configurationArrangement of parts
- spatial arrangementPositioning of elements in space
- retinalOf eye's inner lining
constitutional
Health-promoting walk
- positionalRelating to placement
- skeletalOf or like bones
- branchingSplitting into separate directions
chain · tautomer · connectivity · rearrangement · isobutane · butanol · propanol · xylene · molecular formula
enantiomer
Mirror-image molecular variant
- chiralityMirror-image non-superimposability
- asymmetricNot identical on both sides
- handednessPreferred limb dominance
conformer
One who follows norms
eclipsed · chair · boat · axial · equatorial · cyclohexane · energy barrier · rotation
cis
On this side
- transPrefix for across
- configurationArrangement of parts
- spatial arrangementPositioning of elements in space
- chemicalschemicals, compounds, acids, reagents, solutions
- chemistryatom, atoms, organic chemistry, molecule, chemistry
- organic chemistrybenzene ring, carbon chain, carbon compounds, hydrocarbons, hydrocarbon
- molecular formsenantiomer, stereoisomer, tautomer, conformer, meso compound
- organic compoundshydrocarbon, alcohol, alkane, ethane, propane
- pharmaceuticalsanalgesics, medicines, anesthetics, pills, acetaminophen
- isometric holdSustained muscular contraction without movement
- cis-trans isomersMolecules differing by spatial orientation
- isometric view3D depiction with equal axis angles
- isometric drawingTechnical illustration without perspective