Understanding Ionic Isomers in Covalent Bonded Compounds

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Covalent bonds can lead to isomerism, which is not applicable to ionic compounds. While molecular formulas can fully identify ionic compounds, they fall short for covalent compounds due to the presence of isomers. Isomers are primarily associated with covalently bonded compounds, as they can exist in various structural forms. In contrast, ionic compounds typically exist in distinct physical forms such as crystalline solids, ionic liquids, and vapor phases, but these do not exhibit isomerism.
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Im reading about covalent bonds and I read that Molecular or true formula can fully identify ionic bonding compouds but not covalent ones because they cannot identify isomers.

Does that mean the only kind of compouds that can have isomers are covalently bonded compounds?
 
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Mostly, this is true. Think about the different physical forms of ionic compounds - crystalline solids; fused ionic liquids with large, independent mobilities for all the ions; and in the vapor phase, you have some independent ions and some charged or uncharged clusters.
 
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