Example 1 · difficulty 3/5
The increasing order of acidity of (i) phenol, (ii) p-cresol, (iii) p-nitrophenol and (iv) 2,4-dinitrophenol is:
- A. (ii) < (i) < (iii) < (iv)
- B. (i) < (ii) < (iii) < (iv)
- C. (iii) < (i) < (iv) < (ii)
- D. (iv) < (iii) < (i) < (ii)