Question

Hydrocarbon compounds that have the same composition but different atomic arrangements are called

Answer 1

Hydrocarbon compounds that have the same composition but different atomic arrangements are called....isomers

Answer 2

They are called isomers

Step-by-step explanation:

Hydrocarbon compounds have many variations for the composition aka the same empirical formula (number of C,H and O atoms). This group of compounds are called isomers.

There are many types of isomers:

• Optical
• Geometrical
• Structural (chain, functional group, position)