Question

draw structure of orthonitrophenol and para nitro phenol how will you seperate out its structure
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While separating a mixture of ortho and para nitrophenols by steam distillation, o-nitrophenol will be steam volatile due to presence of intramolecular hydrogen bonds. In case of p-nitrophenol, intermolecular hydrogen bonding is present which results in strong association of molecules. Hence, p-nitrophenol is not steam volat