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Question
Assertion: p-nitrophenol is more acidic than phenol.
Reason: Nitro group helps in the stabilisation of the phenoxide ion by dispersal of negative charge due to resonance.
Options
Assertion and reason both are correct and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
Assertion and reason both are wrong statements.
Assertion is correct statement but reason is wrong statement.
Assertion is wrong statement but reason is correct statement.
Both assertion and reason are correct statements but reason is not correct explanation of assertion.
Solution
Assertion and reason both are correct and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
Explanation:
P-nitro phenol is more acidic as nitro group helps in the stabilization of the phenoxide ion by dispersal of negative charge due to resonance.
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