How can we rationalize the acidities of the isomeric nitrophenols?
1 Answer
As a chemist, as a physical scientist, you should interrogate the data....
Explanation:
And so we gots isomeric
(....and please note, that these data should have been SUPPLIED with the question. You are not expected to remember them....you ARE expected to interpret them.)
And on these data,
Steric effects are unlikely to influence this trend, and these relative acidities likely represent a mesomeric, i.e. an electronic effect.