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Are these the isomers to $\ce{C5H12O}$? If so what makes them so different from each other?


* pentanol
* 2-pentanol
* 3-pentanol
* 3-methyl-2-butanol
* 2-methylbutanol
* methyl butyl ether
* methyl isobutyl ether
* methyl-t-butyl ehter
* methyl-s-butyl ether
* ethylpropyl ether
* ethylisopropyl ether




Corresponding to $\ce{C5H12O}$ there will be a total of 14 structural isomers.


***8 isomers with alcohol functional group:***


(1) $\ce{CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2OH}$ : n-pentanol 


(2) $\ce{CH3CH2CH2CH(OH)CH3}$ : 2-pentanol 


(3) $\ce{CH3CH2CH(OH)CH2CH3}$ : 3-pentanol 


(4) $\ce{CH3CH2C(CH3)(OH)CH3}$ : 2-methyl-2-butanol


(5) $\ce{CH3CH2CH(CH3)CH2OH}$ : 2-methyl-1-butanol 


(6) $\ce{CH3CH(OH)CH(CH3)CH3}$ : 3-methyl-2-butanol 


(7) $\ce{CH3CH(CH3)CH2CH2OH}$ : 3-methyl-1-butanol 


(8) $\ce{CH3C(CH3)2CH2OH}$ : 2,2-dimethyl-1-propanol 


***6 isomers with ether functional group:*** 


(1) $\ce{CH3CH2CH2CH2-O-CH3}$ : methyl butyl ether 


(2) $\ce{CH3CH2CH2-O-CH2CH3}$ : ethyl propyl ether 


(3) $\ce{CH3CH(CH3)CH2-O-CH3}$ : methyl isobutyl ether 


(4) $\ce{CH3CH2-O-CH(CH3)CH3}$ : ethyl isopropyl ether


(5) $\ce{CH3CH2CH(CH3)-O-CH3}$ :methyl sec-butyl ether


(6) $\ce{(CH3)3-C-O-CH3}$ : methyl tert-butyl ether


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