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Assertion: o-Nitrophenol is less soluble in water in water than the m- and p-isomers. Reason: m- and p-Nitrophenols exist as associated molecules.

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Assertion and reason both are CORRECT and reason is correct EXPLANATION of assertion.
Assertion and reason both are wrong statement.
Assertion is correct statement but reason is wrong statement.
Both assertion and reason are correct STATEMENTS but reason is not correct explanation of assertion.

Solution :Correct explanation. DUE to CHELATION, o-nitrophenol does not form H-bonds with `H_(2)O` but m- and p-nitrophenols form H-bonds with `H_(2)O`.


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