Why ortho hydroxy benzioc acid has lower melting point than para hydroxy benzioc acid
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Ortho-hydroxybenzoic acid is also called salicylic acid. It has intramolecular hydrogen bonding (chelation) between -OH and -COOH groups (owing to their proximity and hence formation of stable five or six membered hydrogen bonded ring).
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