Mixture of o nitrophenol and p nitrophenol are separated by steam distillation. Which of them is steamvalatile acid why
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p - nitrophenol is more acidic than o - nitrophenol .
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In p-nitrophenol there is intermolecular hydrogen bonding whereas in o-nitrophenol there is intramolecular hydrogen bonding; as intermolecular hydrogen bonding is stronger, the electron density in the hydrogen attached to the oxygen is pulled by the oxygen of another molecule and hence that hydrogen becomes more acidic .
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