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What is the formula of cinnamic acid and how many isomers does this molecule have?

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Dec 29, 2017

$C_{6} H_{5} C H C H C O O H$ $C_6H_5CHCHCOOH$

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Explanation:

trans- and cis- isomers

From now on I will change only the $C_{6} H_{5}$ $C_6H_5$ molecule part.
And we get 5 more isomers.

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NOTE:mistake $\to$ $->$ on the last example, the H atom on the second C-atom from the right is missing.

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