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Pentan-2-one and 3-methylbutanone are a pair of isomers.

A

stereo

B

position

C

functional

D

chain

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D
`CH_(3)COCH_(2)CH_(2)CH_(3)` and `CH_(3)COoverset(CH_(3))overset(|)(C)HCH_(3)` differ in their carbon skeletons. Thus they are chain isomers.
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