Question:
Ortho and para nitrophenols are more acidic than phenol. Draw the resonance structures of the corresponding phenoxide ions.
Solution:
Resonance structure of the phenoxide ion
Resonance structures of p-nitrophenoxide ion
Resonance structures of o-nitrophenoxide ion
It can be observed that the presence of nitro groups increases the stability of phenoxide ion.
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