The Total solution for NCERT class 6-12
Ortho and para nitrophenolsare more acidic than phenol. Draw the resonance structures of the correspondingphenoxide ions.
Resonance structure of the phenoxide ion
Resonance structures of p-nitrophenoxideion
Resonance structures of o-nitrophenoxideion
It can be observed that the presence of nitro groupsincreases the stability of phenoxide ion.