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Q. Picric acid is:

JIPMERJIPMER 1997

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2, 4, 6-trimtro-phenol is called picric acid. It is strong acidic in nature due to presence of 3 nitro groups (?I groups), which stabilise the trinitrophenoxide ion by resonance.

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