CBSE 2025 · Region 5 · Set 2 · Q26 · 3 marks
(a)Write the chemical equation for Williamson's synthesis.(b)Give a method to separate $\displaystyle o$-nitrophenol and $\displaystyle p$-nitrophenol. Explain the principle involved.
(a)
Write the chemical equation for Williamson's synthesis.
(b)
Give a method to separate $\displaystyle o$-nitrophenol and $\displaystyle p$-nitrophenol. Explain the principle involved.
Marking-scheme solution
(a)
(b)
Steam distillation
o- nitrophenol has intra-molecular H-bonding and p- nitrophenol has inter-molecular H-bonding/
o- nitrophenol is steam volatile due to intra-molecular H-bonding/p-Nitrophenol is less volatile
due to inter-molecular H-bonding resulting in association of its molecules
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