Assertion: Ortho and para-nitrophenol can be separated by steam distillation. Reason: Para-nitrophenol is steam volatile due to intramolecular hydrogen bonding.

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Assertion: Ortho and para-nitrophenol can be separated by steam distillation. Reason: Para-nitrophenol is steam volatile due to intramolecular hydrogen bonding. (A) If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion (B) If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion (C) If assertion is true but reason is false (D) If both assertion and reason are false

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o-Nitrophenol is steam volatile due to intramolecular hydrogen bonding while p-nitrophenol is less volatile due to intermolecular hydrogen bonding.

Q. Assertion : Ortho and para-nitrophenol can be separated by steam distillation.
Reason : Para-nitrophenol is steam volatile due to intramolecular hydrogen bonding.

If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion

If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion

If assertion is true but reason is false

If both assertion and reason are false

$o$ -Nitrophenol is steam volatile due to intramolecular hydrogen bonding while $p$ -nitrophenol is less volatile due to intermolecular hydrogen bonding.

Q. Assertion : Ortho and para-nitrophenol can be separated by steam distillation. Reason : Para-nitrophenol is steam volatile due to intramolecular hydrogen bonding.