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Explain why p-nitrophenol is more acidic than phenol.

 

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The presence of the electron-withdrawing group in cyclic compounds is responsible for providing the compound its acidic strength, and in para-phenol, a strong electron-withdrawing group (NO_{2}) is present at par position. There is no group present in phenol. This presence increases the acidic strength as well as stabilises the phenoxide ion.

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