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ChemistryGOCRESONANCE AND MESOMERIC EFFECTMedium2 minPYQ_2019

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Assertion : Hydroquinone is more acidic than resorcinol. Reason : $- OH$ group shows $+ I$ -effect.

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Resorcinol is more acidic than hydroquinone. Both $- OH$ groups are at $m$ -position in resorcinol, thus, $- OH$ group shows $- I$ -effect on the other $- OH$ group which makes resorcinol more acidic than hydroquinone.

Stream:AIIMSSubject:ChemistryTopic:GOCSubtopic:RESONANCE AND MESOMERIC EFFECT

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