Draw all structural isomers for C 3 H 8 O.

Draw all structural isomers for c three h o. Alright. So here's a helpful tip. If they're asking for structural isomers, if your structure has at least 2 carbons and one oxygen, then there's 2 types of functional groups that you can create. You can create an alcohol, which is basically a carbon single bonded to an o h. Or you can draw an ether, which is a carbon connected to oxygen connected to another carbon. So c 3h8 o. What we could do first is we could show all 3 carbons connected to one another. Then what we could do here is we could have hydrogens, start placing hydrogens around these carbons. At this point, I have used 7 out of my 8 hydrogens. I have 1 oxygen left, 1 H left. We can just place them here on this carbon. So this is one possible isomer. Now, who's to say that the Oh that we have here would be on one of these 2 end carbons? There's also a chance that I could draw it on the middle carbon. That would give me yet another isomer. So we have these 3 carbons in a row again, and now I put the Oh on the metal carbon, and I put the remaining hydrogens around the carbons. So here this would count as another isomer. Here the Oh is not on either end carbon, it's on the middle carbon. And then finally, what we need to realize here is that we've drawn 2 alcohols, so now we can draw an ether. So here we could have c o and then 2 carbons next to each other. I could have also done, these 2 carbons, then o. These 2 carbons here, then o then c. That'd be the same thing as this first structure that I drew. So we don't need to show this one. Alright, so then now we know hydrogen will make single bonds. Carbon ideally wants to make 4 bonds. So we put enough hydrogens around the carbons to make 4 bonds for each. Oxygen ideally wants to make 2 bonds, which it's already doing to these 2 neighboring carbons. These will represent the 3 structural isomers that are possible for c 3h8o.

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13. Alkenes, Alkynes, and Aromatic Compounds

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Draw all structural isomers for C₃H₈O.

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Identify the molecular formula C3H8O, which indicates there are 3 carbon atoms, 8 hydrogen atoms, and 1 oxygen atom.

Consider the possible functional groups that can be formed with C3H8O. The presence of an oxygen atom suggests the possibility of alcohols (R-OH) and ethers (R-O-R').

For alcohols, the hydroxyl group (-OH) can be attached to different carbon atoms. Draw the structures where the -OH group is attached to the first, second, and third carbon atoms, respectively.

For ethers, consider the placement of the oxygen atom between carbon atoms. Draw the structures where the oxygen atom is bonded between the first and second carbon, and between the second and third carbon.

Ensure that each structure adheres to the valency rules, particularly that carbon forms four bonds, oxygen forms two bonds, and hydrogen forms one bond. Verify that all structures are unique and represent different isomers.