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why is para nitrophenol more acidic than ortho nitrophenol
    
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the H in ortho....... cannot easily escape as H+. due o H-bonding..
 
it is not the case in paranitrophenol
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in ortho nitrophenol, there is intermolecular H bonding and this     makes loss of proton difficult, so it is less acidic than para nitrophenol.

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i believe its intramolecular H bonding n not inter as said by ashgirl
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