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Assertion: o-and p-nitrophenol can be se...

Assertion: `o-`and `p`-nitrophenol can be separated by steam distillation.
Reason: `o-`nitrophenols have intramolecular hydorgen bonding while `p`-nitrophenols exists as associated molecules.

A

if both assertioon and reason are true and reason is the corrct explanation of assertion.

B

If both assertion and reason are ture but reason is not the corrcet explanation of assertion.

C

If assertion is true but reason is false .

D

if both assertion and reason are false.

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The correct Answer is:
C
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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