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Acetone and Propanal are:
A .functional isomers
B. position isomers
C .geometrical isomers
D .optical isomers

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Hint: Molecular formula for Acetone is C3H6O and molecular formula for propanal is C3H6O which means they have the same molecular formula. But one is from the ketone family whereas another from the aldehyde family.

Complete step by step answer:
Firstly what is the definition of an isomer?
The term isomer means each of two or more compounds with the same formula but a different arrangement of atoms in the molecule and different properties.
Isomers can be split into two broad groups – structural (or constitutional) isomers and stereoisomers and structural isomer classified into three groups, chain isomer , position isomer and functional isomer
Now let us see all options with detailed information
A.functional isomers
Occurs when the same molecular formula but differs in the functional group.
Examples:
A.Acetone

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-Propanal( Propanaldehyde)
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So from this we can conclude Acetone and Propanal are functional isomers hence option A is the correct answer.
B.Position isomers:
Occurs when the functional group is in a different position on the same carbon chain.
Example:
1 chloropropane
2 chloropropane
C.Geometrical isomers:
Two or more compounds differ from each other in the arrangement but same in the structure
Example:
cis - but 2 ene
trans - but 2 ene
D.Optical isomers:
Optical isomers are compounds that are non-superimposable mirror images of each other. ... If the arrangement in space makes the two isomers non-superimposable mirror images of each other, we call them optical isomers or enantiomers. An example is the amino acid alanine.
So, the correct answer to this is option A.

Note: In geometrical isomerism the arrangement is differ from double bond or ring and non-superimposable mirror images forms. Non- superimposable mirror images are the ones in which we can distinguish the left and right side of the object. Examples like “MOM” are the same in its mirror image too.
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