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

11.8

Resonating structures of o-nitrophenoxide ions that are formed by the loss of a proton from o-nitrophenol are as follows:

Resonating structures of p-nitrophenoxide ions that are formed by the loss of a proton from p- nitrophenol are as follows:

Resonating structures of phenoxide ions that are for