 V= lR

2
a+b =c
2 2
y

BATCH: NEXUS ELP NO.: 23G OC TOPIC: STRUCTURAL ISOMERISM

1. Isomers have essentially identical:

(a) Structural formula (b) Chemical properties(c) Molecular formula (d) Physical properties
2. Compounds with same molecular formula but different structural formulae are called:
(a) Isomers (b) Isotopes (c) Isobars (d) Isoelectric
3. Which compound is not the isomer of 3-Ethyl-2-methylpentane?

(a) (b) (c) (d)

4. What is the correct relationship between the following compounds?

CH3 CH 2 CH CH2 CH3 CH3 CH 2 CH2 CH2 CH2

CH 3 CH3
(a) Chain isomers (b) Position isomers (c) Functional isomers (d) Identical
5. What is the relation between 3-Ethylpentane and 3-Methylhexane?
(a) Chain isomers (b) Position isomers (c) Functional isomers (d) No relation
6. Which type of isomerism is observed between I and II ?
(I) CH 3 CH2 NH CHO (II) CH 3 CH CHO

NH2
(a) Chain isomerism (b) Position isomerism (c) Functional isomerism (d) Metamerism
7. Which of the following pairs of compounds are chain isomers?
(a) Isobutyl alcohol and s-pentyl alcohol (b) Isobutyl alcohol and t-butyl alcohol
(c) Secpentyl alcohol and neopentyl alcohol (d) Ethyl alcohol and ethylene glycol
8. A position isomer of 2-pentanone is:
(a) 3-Pentanone (b) 3-Methyl-2-butanone (c) 1-Pentanal (d) 2,2-Dimethylpropanal
9. o-Cresol & benzyl alcohol are:
(a) Functional isomers (b) Position isomers (c) Chain isomers (d) All the above
10. Monocarboxylic acids are functional isomers of:
(a) Alcohols (b) Ethers (c) Esters (d) Aldehydes and ketones
11. CH3CONH2 & HCONHCH3 are called:
(a) Position isomers (b) Chain isomers (c) Tautomers (d) Functional isomers
12. Which of the following pair of compounds are not isomers?
(a) Propyne and cyclopropene (b) Propyne and propadiene
(c) Propene and cyclopropene (d) 1-Propanol and methyoxyethane

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13. Saturated acyclic ethers are isomeric with:
(a) Aldehydes (b) Ketones (c) Both aldehydes and ketones (d) Alcohols
14. Identify the relationship between the given compounds.

and

(a) Chain Isomers (b) Functional isomers (c) Homologs (d) Position Isomers
15. Identify the relationship between the given compounds.

and

(a) Chain Isomers (b) Functional isomers (c) Homologs (d) Position Isomers
16. Identify the relationship between the given compounds.

and

(a) Chain Isomers (b) Functional isomers (c) Homologs (d) Position Isomers
17. Identify the relationship among the followings:

(i) (ii) (iii)

(a) Chain Isomers (b) Functional isomers (c) Metamers (d) Position Isomers
18. Identify the relationship among the followings:

(i) (ii) (iii)

(a) Chain Isomers (b) Functional isomers (c) Metamers (d) Position Isomers
19. Identify the relationship among the followings:

(i) (ii) (iii)

(a) Chain Isomers (b) Functional isomers (c) Metamers (d) Position Isomers
20. Identify the relationship among the followings:

and

(a) Chain Isomers (b) Functional isomers (c) Metamers (d) Position Isomers

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  V= lR

2
a+b =c
2 2
y

BATCH: NEXUS ELP NO.: 23H OC TOPIC: NUMBER OF STRUCTURAL ISOMERISM

1. Degree of unsaturation in O is:

(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 7 (d) 6

2. How many positional isomers are possible for dimethylcyclohexane?
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
3. How many aromatic isomers are possible for trichlorobenzene (C6H3Cl3)?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
4. The number of ether isomers represented by formula C4H10O is (only structural):
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
5. Total number of 2° amine isomers of C4H11N would be (only structural):
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 2
6. Find the number of total structurally isomeric 3° amides with molecular formula C5H11NO
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 5
7. How many structural isomers of all the tertiary alcohols with molecular formula C6H14O?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
8. The number of structural isomers for C5H10 is:
(a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) 10
9. Molecular formula C4H10O represent:
(a) Two primary alcohol (b) One secondary alcohol
(c) One tertiary alcohol (d) All of these
10. The number of isomeric aldehydes and ketones with formula C5H10O are (structural isomers):
(a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) 8

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2
a+b =c
2 2
y

BATCH: NEXUS ELP NO.: 23 I OC TOPIC: COMBINED PROBLEMS OF ISOMERISM

1. Total number of position isomers of trimethyl cyclohexane are:

(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8
2. Relation between the given compounds:

and

(a) Position isomers (b) Chain isomers (c) Homologs (d) No relation
3. Which one is not metamer of:

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

4. Which of the following compound is isomeric with propanoic acid:

(a) (b) (c) (d)

5. Molecular formula C4H8O2 represents:

(a) Acid only (b) Ester only (c) Alcohol only (d) Acid and ester both
6. Total number of structurally isomeric ethers with molecular formula C5H12O.
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 7
7. How many number of all aldehydes (structurally isomeric) with molecular formula C5H10O are
possible?
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 3
8. What is the number of all (structurally isomeric) alkynes with molecular formula C6H10.
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8
9. How many aromatic benzenoid structural isomers are possible for C7H8O ?
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 3

10. The compound is an:

(a) alkyne, 3° amine (b) alkene, 2° amine (c) alkene, 3° amine (d) alkyne, 2° amine
11. How many structures of C3H6Cl2 are possible?
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6

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12. How many structures are possible containing aromatic ring, having molecular formula C8H10 ?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
13. How many structures are possible containing aromatic ring, having molecular formula
C7H5OCl?
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
14. The number of isomers of dibromobiphenyl (Biphenyl:C6H5—C6H5) is:
(a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) 4
15. Which of the following pair of compounds is not functional isomers?

(a) and (b) and

(c) and (d) and

16. Find the relation between given below

and (a) Chain Isomers (b) Position Isomers
(c) Functional Isomers (d) Metamers
17. Total number of structural isomers with molecular formula C8H18 that contain 7 carbon atoms in
the parent chain are:
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
18. The number of isomers of C6H14 is:
(a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 7
19. The number of possible primary alcohols with the molecular formula C4H10O is:
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
20. Total number of structurally isomeric ethers with molecular formula C5H12O.
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 7
21. How many dichloropentane isomers are vicinal dichloride?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
22. How many structurally isomeric acyclic esters with molecular formula C5H10O2 is:
(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 9

23. The molecular formula of diphenyl methane, , is C13H12.

How many structural isomers are possible when one of the hydrogen is replaced by chlorine atom
(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 7 (d) 6
24. The isomer of ethyl alcohol is:
(a) diethyl ether (b) dimethyl ether (c) acetaldehyde (d) acetone
25. The number of metamers of the compound with molecular formula C4H10O is:
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 8 (d) 6

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  V= lR

2
a+b =c
2 2
y

BATCH: NEXUS ELP NO.: 23J OC TOPIC: STRUCTURAL ISOMERISM

1. Which of the following pairs of structures do not represent isomers ?

O
O
(a) and (b) and (c) and (d) and
O O OH O O

2. How many isomers of C5H11OH will be primary alcohols

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
3. Number of structural isomers possible from molecular formula C4H9Cl
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
4. In which of the following, functional group isomerism is possible ?
(a) Alcohols (b) Aldehydes (c) Alkyl halides (d) Cyanides
5. Number of only cyclic structural isomers possible from molecular formula C4H6 is
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
6. Total number of structural isomers possible from molecular formula C4H10O is.
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 7
7. In which of the following functional group isomerism not possible ?
(a) carbooxylic acid (b) aldehyde (c) ether (d) alkylhalide
8. Total number of structural isomers possible from molecular formula C8H18 that contain seven
carbons in the parent chain are?
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
9. Which of the following is correctiy matched?

(a) and : Chain Isomer (b) and : Positional Isomer

Cl Br OCH3 CH2OH

(c) and : Identical (d) and : Metamer

Br Cl
10. Tolal number of structural isomers possible from molecular formula C7H16 that contain five carbons
in the parent chains are ?
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
11. Among the following. which is not structural isomers of the others ?

(a) (b) (c) (d)

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12. Which of the following pairs of compoundsis not a pair of constitutional isomers?
O
(a) CH3 O CH CH2 and CH3CH 2CH (b) and CH3CH CHCH 2CH3
O O
(c) CH3C OH and HO CH 2CH (d) CH3CHCH(CH 3)2 and (CH3)2CHCH(CH 3)2

CH 3
13. Name the compound, that is not isomer with diethyl ether
(a) n-propylmethyl ether (b) Butane-1-ol
(c) 2-methylpropane-2-ol (d) Butanone
14. C7H9N has how many isomeric forms that contain a benzene ring?
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 7
15. Which of the following compounds will show metamerism:
(a) CH3COOC 2H5 (b) C2H5 S C 2H5 (c) CH3 O CH3 (d) CH3 O C2H5
16. Only two isomers of monochloro product is possible of
(a) n-butane (b) 2,4-dimethyl pentane
(c) Benzene (d) 1-methyl propane
17. Number of isomers of molecular formula C2H2Br2 are
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
18. How many alcohols are structural isomers with the formula:C5H11OH?
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8
19. The number of isomers from the molecular formula C7H8O having phenyl ring is:
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
20. How many isomers are possible for C3H7Br?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
21. The number of possible alkynes with molecular formula C5H8 is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
22. Total number of alcohols possible (structurally different) for molecular formula C4H10O are:
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
23. Which of the following pairs of molecules are NOT structural isomers?

CH3 O OH
CH 3
(a) , (b) ,
H 3C
H 3C CH3 H 3C CH3

CH3 O
HO
(c) , H 3C C C CH 3 (d) H 3C ,
OH
OCH3

24. The total number of possible isomeric structures for trimethyl benzene are:
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 6

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25. (i) (ii) CH3(CH 2)3CHCH 3 (iii) H C CH2CH 2CH2 C H

CH 3 H CH 3

(iv) (v) CH3CH 2CH(CH 3)CH 2CH2CH 3

The relationship between (ii) & (iv) is

(a) chain isomer (b) positional isomer (c) Functional group isomer (d) metamer
26. Correct Isomeric relationship between given is:
Cl & Br
F
(a) Stereoisomer (b) Positional isomer
Br (c) Functional isomer (d) Identical
F Cl
27. Which of following alcohol will not undergo oxidation?

OH OH
(a) (b) OH (c) (d)
OH

28. Functional isomers of CH3 C OH are:

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
29. C7H9N has how many isomeric forms that contain a benzene ring
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 7
30. The number of isomers from the molecular formula C9H12 having phenyl ring is
(a) 9 (b) 8 (c) 7 (d) 5
31. The number of isomers from the molecular formula C9H12O having phenol is
(a) 25 (b) 24 (c) 23 (d) 21

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2
a+b =c
2 2
y

ANSWER KEY
BATCH: NEXUS ELP NO.: 23G OC TOPIC: STRUCTURAL ISOMERISM
01 (c) 02 (a) 03 (b) 04 (a) 05 (a) 06 (c) 07 (c) 08 (a)
09 (a) 10 (c) 11 (d) 12 (c) 13 (d) 14 (a) 15 (b) 16 (c)
17 (b) 18 (b) 19 (d) 20 (b)

BATCH: NEXUS ELP NO.: 23H OC TOPIC: NUMBER OF STRUCTURAL ISOMERISM

01 (c) 02 (b) 03 (b) 04 (b) 05 (b) 06 (d) 07 (b) 08 (d)
09 (d) 10 (a)

BATCH: NEXUS ELP NO.: 23 I OC TOPIC: COMBINED PROBLEMS OF ISOMERISM

01 (b) 02 (b) 03 (b) 04 (b) 05 (d) 06 (c) 07 (a) 08 (c)
09 (b) 10 (c) 11 (b) 12 (c) 13 (b) 14 (c) 15 (d) 16 (c)
17 (a) 18 (b) 19 (b) 20 (c) 21 (b) 22 (d) 23 (a) 24 (b) 25 (b)

BATCH: NEXUS ELP NO.: 23J OC TOPIC: STRUCTURAL ISOMERISM

01 () 02 () 03 () 04 (b) 05 (d) 06 (c) 07 (a) 08 (c)
09 (b) 10 (c) 11 (b) 12 (c) 13 (b) 14 (c) 15 (d) 16 (c)
17 (a) 18 (b) 19 (b) 20 (c) 21 (b) 22 (d) 23 (a) 24 (b) 25 (b)

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