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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Chemistry

Chapter

Organic: Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers

Question:

Options:

a

b

c

d

Correct Answer:

a

Explanation:

o-nitrophenol is steam volatile due to chelation (intramolecular H-bonding) and hence can be separated by stream distillation from p-nitrophenol, which is not steam volatile because of intermolecular H-bonding.