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Q.Intra molecular hydrogen bonding is present in:

(a) Ortho-nitro phenol
(b) Ice
(c) Water
(d) Hydrogen fluoride
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Intramolecular hydrogen bonding (H-bonding within a single molecule) occurs in ortho-nitrophenol, because its -OH and -NO2 groups are close enough, on adjacent carbons of the benzene ring, to form a hydrogen bond within the same molecule.

Hydrogen bonding can be intramolecular (between two groups within the same molecule, usually forming a ring) or intermolecular (between two separate molecules). In ortho-nitrophenol, the -OH group and the -NO2 group are on adjacent (ortho) positions of the ring, close enough in space for the hydrogen of the -OH to hydrogen-bond with an oxygen of the nearby -NO2 group, forming a stable six-membered ring — this is intramolecular H-bonding. Because this hydrogen is 'used up' internally, ortho-nitrophenol has a lower boiling point and reduced solubility in water compa …

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