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Question
Account for the following:
o-nitrophenol is more steam volatile than p-nitrophenol.
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Solution
Incase of o-nitrophenol Intramolecular hydrogen bonding is there which is weaker than intermolecular hydrogen bonding in p-nitrophenol. Hence o-nitrophenol is steam volatile.
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