NEET2014ChemistryGeneral Organic ChemistryActual
Assertion: Ortho and para-nitrophenol can be separated by steam distillation. Reason:Para-nitrophenol is steam volatile due to intramolecular hydrogen bonding.
Options
- AIf both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
- BIf both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
- CIf assertion is true but reason is false.
- DIf both assertion and reason are false.
Correct answer
C. If assertion is true but reason is false.
Step-by-step solution
o-Nitrophenol is steam volatile due to intramolecular hydrogen bonding while p -nitrophenol is less volatile due to intermolecular hydrogen bonding.