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o-nitrophenol is more volatile than p-nitrophenol it is due to

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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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Incorrect statement out of the following is / are : (P) Ortho-nitrophenol is more volatile than para-nitrophenol (Q) Basicity of boric acid, B(OH)_(3) is 3 in aqueous medium (Q) Molecular formula of calcium dihydrogen phosphate is Ca(H_(2)PO_(4))_(2)

(A) A mixture of o-nitrophenol and p-nitrophenol can be separated by steam distillation. (R) o-nitrophenol is steam volatile but p-nitrophenol is not though both are water soluble.

Which of the following explanations accounts for o-nitro-phenol to be more volatile than p-nitrophenol?

Give reason in one or two sentences form the following: 'o-nitrophenol is steam volatile, whereas p-nitrophenol is not'.

Assertion (A) o-and p-nitrophenol can be separated by steam distillation. Reason (R ) o-Nitrophenol is steam volatile whereas p-nitrophenol is not steam volatile.

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