JIPMER Jipmer Medical Solved Paper-1997

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    Picric acid is:

    A)  m-nitrophenol

    B)  2, 4, 6-trinitro-phenol

    C)  p-nitro-phenol

    D)  m-nitro benzoic acid

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    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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