Question

o-hydroxybenzaldehyde is a liquid at room temperature while p- hydroxybenzaldehyde is a high melting solid because of..

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Answer 1

It is because of Hydrogen bonding

In Ortho hydroxybenzaldehyde shows intramuscular Hydrogen bonding and p- hydroxybenzaldehyde shows intermolecular Hydrogen bonding

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