Which of the following compounds are position isomers?

isobutyl alcohol and sec-butyl alcohol

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isobutyl alcohol and tert-butyl alcohol

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isopentyl alcohol and neopentyl alcohol

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ethyl alcohol and ethylene glycol

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Solution

The correct option is B isobutyl alcohol and tert-butyl alcohol
have the same C skeleton but differ in the position of the OH and hence are position isomers.

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