Why is ortho nitrophenol soluble in water while para nitrophenol is sparingly soluble in water?
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Due to this H-bonding, the o-isomer of nitrophenol is not able to form H-bonds with solvent molecules. This makes it less soluble in water in comparison with p-nitrophenol. Therefore, we can conclude that o-nitrophenol forms intramolecular H-bonding which is the reason for its low solubility.
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