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Diethyl ether and methyl propyl ether are

  1. Ametamers
  2. Bchain isomers
  3. Ctautomers
  4. Dfunctional isomers

Answer: A

Both are ethers. They differ in the alkyl groups attached to the divalent oxygen (ethyl + ethyl versus methyl + propyl), which is metamerism.
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