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On the Concept of Isomerism
Author(s) -
Eliel Ernest L.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
israel journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.908
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1869-5868
pISSN - 0021-2148
DOI - 10.1002/ijch.197600003
Subject(s) - chemistry , computational chemistry , astrobiology , environmental chemistry , physics
The question as to whether two species of the same molecular composition are identical or isomeric in the conventional sense cannot be answered in the absence of stated experimental criteria of conditions and methods of observation. A new definition is proposed which minimizes such dependence on experimental criteria. “Residual isomerism” is defined as an auxiliary term to make the new definition practically useful.