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the conversion of a compound into an isomer of itself (同)isomerisation
change into an isomer (同)isomerise
cause to change into an isomer (同)isomerise

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In chemistry isomerization (also isomerisation) is the process by which one molecule is transformed into another molecule which has exactly the same atoms, but the atoms have a different arrangement e.g. A-B-C → B-A-C (these related molecules are known as isomers ^[1]). In some molecules and under some conditions, isomerization occurs spontaneously. Many isomers are equal or roughly equal in bond energy, and so exist in roughly equal amounts, provided that they can interconvert relatively freely, that is the energy barrier between the two isomers is not too high. When the isomerization occurs intramolecularly it is considered a rearrangement reaction.

An example of an organometallic isomerization is the production of decaphenylferrocene, [(η⁵-C₅Ph₅)₂Fe] from its linkage isomer.^[2]^[3]

Instances of isomerization

Isomerizations in hydrocarbon cracking is usually employed in organic chemistry, where fuels, such as pentane, a straight-chain isomer, are heated in the presence of a platinum catalyst. The resulting mixture of straight- and branched-chain isomers then have to be separated. An industrial process is also the isomerisation of n-butane into isobutane.

"Trans-cis isomerism" is where in certain compounds an interconversion of cis and trans isomers can be observed, for instance, with maleic acid and with azobenzene often by photoisomerization. Another example is the photochemical conversion of the trans isomer to the cis isomer of resveratrol:^[4]

Other instances are Aldose-ketose isomerism in biochemistry; isomerizations between conformational isomers, which take place without an actual rearrangement for instance inconversion of two cyclohexane conformations; fluxional molecules which display rapid interconversion of isomers e.g. bullvalene; and "valence isomerization": the isomerization of molecules which involve structural changes resulting only from a relocation of single and double bonds. If a dynamic equilibrium is established between the two isomers it is also referred to as valence tautomerism ^[5]

The energy difference between two isomers is called "isomerization energy". Isomerizations with low energy difference both experimental and computational (in parentheses) are endothermic trans-cis isomerization of 2-butene with 2.6 (1.2) kcal/mol, cracking of isopentane to n-pentane with 3.6 (4.0) kcal/mol or conversion of trans-2-butene to 1-butene with 2.6 (2.4) kcal/mol.^[6]

References

^ IUPAC, Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book") (1997). Online corrected version: (2006–) "isomerization".
^ Brown, K. N.; Field, L. D.; Lay, P. A.; Lindall, C. M.; Masters, A. F. (1990). "(η⁵-Pentaphenylcyclopentadienyl){1-(η⁶-phenyl)-2,3,4,5-tetraphenylcyclopentadienyl}iron(II), [Fe(η⁵-C₅Ph₅){(η⁶-C₆H₅)C₅Ph₄}], a linkage isomer of decaphenylferrocene". J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. (5): 408–410. doi:10.1039/C39900000408.
^ Field, L. D.; Hambley, T. W.; Humphrey, P. A.; Lindall, C. M.; Gainsford, G. J.; Masters, A. F.; Stpierre, T. G.; Webb, J. (1995). "Decaphenylferrocene". Aust. J. Chem. 48 (4): 851–860. doi:10.1071/CH9950851.
^ Resveratrol Photoisomerization: An Integrative Guided-Inquiry Experiment Elyse Bernard, Philip Britz-McKibbin, Nicholas Gernigon Vol. 84 No. 7 July 2007 Journal of Chemical Education 1159.
^ Common Definitions and Terms in Organic Chemistry (from the website of Cartage.org.lb)
^ How to Compute Isomerization Energies of Organic Molecules with Quantum Chemical Methods Stefan Grimme, Marc Steinmetz, and Martin Korth J. Org. Chem.; 2007; 72(6) pp 2118 - 2126; (Article) doi:10.1021/jo062446p

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