First slide
Organic reagents and intermediates
Question

The decreasing order of acidic characters of the following is:

I. p-Nitrophenol            II. o-Nitrophenol
III. m-Nitrophenol         IV. Phenol

Moderate
Solution

Minus I effect increases the order of acidity. The minus I group leads to the easy cleavage of O-H bond.

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