Question

P hydroxybenzoic acid has a higher boiling point than o-hydroxybenzoic acid

Answer 1

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P -hydroxybenzoic acid has higher boiling point than o-hydroxybenzoic acid.

Reason:-

This is because p-hydroxy benzoic acid occurs as intermolecular hydrogen bonding due to which it has higher mass compared to o-hydroxybenzoic acid which has intermolecular hydrogen bonding ...

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