Consider the following pairs of compounds.
(i) 
-cresol and 
-cresol
(ii) Benzyl alcohol and methoxy benzene
(iii) Benzyl alcohol and o-cresol
(iv) Benzyl alcohol and benzyl methyl ether
(v) 2-pentanone and 3-pentanone
How many pairs of compounds may be regarded both as position isomers and functional isomers?
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Among the given pair of compounds, only one, i.e. (iii) may be regarded both as position
isomers and functional isomers.
Benzyl alcohol 
is an aromatic alcohol while
o-cresol 
is a phenol. They also differ in the position of the -OH group on the same skeleton.
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