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Question
Account for the following :
o-nitrophenol is more steam volatile than p-nitrophenol.
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Solution
o-Nitrophenol is steam volatile due to intramolecular hydrogen bonding while p- nitrophenol is less volatile due to intermolecular hydrogen bonding

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