Question

g Which ONE of the following pairs of organic compounds are NOT pairs of isomers? A) butanol ( CH3-CH2-CH2-CH2-OH ) and diethyl ether ( CH3–CH2–O–CH2–CH3 ) B) isopentane ( (CH3)2-CH-CH2-CH3 ) and neopentane ( (CH3)4C ) C) ethanolamine ( H2N-CH2-CH2-OH ) and acetamide ( CH3-CO-NH2 ) D) acrylic acid ( CH2=CH-COOH ) and propanedial ( OHC–CH2–CHO ) E) trimethylamine ( (CH3)3N ) and propylamine ( CH3-CH2-CH2-NH2 )

Answer 1

ethanolamine ( H2N-CH2-CH2-OH ) and acetamide ( CH3-CO-NH2 )

Step-by-step explanation:

Isomers are compounds that have the same molecular formula but different structural formulas. Hence any pair of compounds that can be represented by exactly the same molecular formula are isomers of each other.

If we look at the pair of compounds; ethanolamine ( H2N-CH2-CH2-OH ) and acetamide ( CH3-CO-NH2 ), one compound has molecular formula, C2H7ON while the other has a molecular formula, C2H5ON, hence they are not isomers of each other.