JEE Main Chemistry question

ChemistryThe p-Block ElementsJEE Main

Which halide of nitrogen is least basic?

Answer: (A)

Solution

Fluorine, being far more electronegative than the other halogens, withdraws electron density from nitrogen most strongly through the inductive effect, leaving the lone pair on

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