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===About Structural Formula===
: A '''structural formula''' gives more detail than a [[Chemical Formula|chemical formula]] about the arrangement of [[atom]]s in a [[compound]] as a [[Chemical Formula|chemical formula]] simply states the number of [[atom]]s of each [[element]] while a '''structural formula''' places them in order when there is a chain [[molecule]].
===Examples===
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| style="height:20px; width:75px; text-align:center;" |Propane
| style="height:20px; width:75px; text-align:center;" |Propene
| style="height:20px; width:75px; text-align:center;" |Propanol
| style="height:20px; width:75px; text-align:center;" |Propanoic Acid
| style="height:20px; width:75px; text-align:center;" |But-1-ene
| style="height:20px; width:75px; text-align:center;" |But-2-ene
| style="height:20px; width:75px; text-align:center;" |Butan-1-ol
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| style="height:20px; width:75px; text-align:center;" |[[Chemical Formula]]
| style="height:20px; width:75px; text-align:center;" |C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>8</sub>
| style="height:20px; width:75px; text-align:center;" |C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>6</sub>
| style="height:20px; width:75px; text-align:center;" |C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>7</sub>OH
| style="height:20px; width:75px; text-align:center;" |C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>6</sub>O<sub>2</sub>
| style="height:20px; width:75px; text-align:center;" |C<sub>4</sub>H<sub>8</sub>
| style="height:20px; width:75px; text-align:center;" |C<sub>4</sub>H<sub>8</sub>
| style="height:20px; width:75px; text-align:center;" |C<sub>4</sub>H<sub>9</sub>OH
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| style="height:20px; width:75px; text-align:center;" |[[Structural Formula]]
| style="height:20px; width:75px; text-align:center;" |CH<sub>3</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>3</sub>
| style="height:20px; width:75px; text-align:center;" |CH<sub>2</sub>CHCH<sub>3</sub>
| style="height:20px; width:75px; text-align:center;" |CH<sub>3</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>OH
| style="height:20px; width:75px; text-align:center;" |CH<sub>3</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>COOH
| style="height:20px; width:75px; text-align:center;" |CH<sub>2</sub>CHCH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>3</sub>
| style="height:20px; width:75px; text-align:center;" |CH<sub>3</sub>CHCHCH<sub>3</sub>
| style="height:20px; width:75px; text-align:center;" |CH<sub>3</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>OH
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