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

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o-nitrophenol has lower boiling point, so it is more volatile and is less miscible with steam than p-nitrophenol due to intramolecular hydrogen bonding, and hence, can be separated by steam distillation.
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