Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Aniline is less basic than acetamide.
Statement II: In aniline, the lone pair of electrons on nitrogen atom is delocalised over benzene ring due to resonance and hence less available to a proton.
Choose the most appropriate option:
Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Aniline is less basic than acetamide.
Statement II: In aniline, the lone pair of electrons on nitrogen atom is delocalised over benzene ring due to resonance and hence less available to a proton.
Choose the most appropriate option:
In Aniline, lone pair is delocalized on less EN carbon atom while in acetamide it is delocalized on more EN oxygen atom. Hence aniline is more basic than acetamide.
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