How many ether metamers are possible for CX4HX10O?
According to me, the answer should be 2 but it was given 3. I know 3 structures can be made:
CHX3−O−CHX2−CHX2−CHX3
CHX3−CHX2−O−CHX2−CHX3
CHX3−O−CH(CHX3)X2
Structure 2 and 3 are metamers, but 1st and 3rd structures are positional isomers(?), then how the answer can be 3?
Answer
"Metamerism" is an extremely old, obsolete, and ill-defined property. It is also not educationally or synthetically useful. An additional, and pointless, way to categorise chemical compounds.
See this answer to the question "What is metamerism": https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/a/104576/17952
If you have to answer this in a test, do your best with whatever definition your teacher has provided. And tell him that he should stop teaching such nonsense.
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