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n-Butane and isobutane (2-methylpropane) show

  1. Aposition isomerism
  2. Bchain isomerism
  3. Cfunctional isomerism
  4. Dmetamerism

Answer: B

Both are with no functional group; they differ only in the arrangement of the carbon skeleton (straight versus branched), which is chain isomerism.
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