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Ortho and para nitrophenols are more acidic than phenol. Draw the resonance structures of the corresponding phenoxide lons.

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O,p nitrophenol are more acidic than phenol because of fact that NO2 is best electron with drawing group.Electron with drawing groups increase acidic strength while electron donating groups decreases acidic strength.
Refer to image 01
Similarly for pnitrophenol resonating structures.
Refer to image 02.

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