JEE Main Chemistry question

Among the following compounds, the most basic is [J & K CET 2007]

(A)Aniline
(B)Acetanilide
(C)-nitroaniline
(D)Benzyl amineCorrect

Answer: (D)

Solution

Acetanilide's nitrogen lone pair is delocalised into the adjacent carbonyl (amide resonance), making it essentially non-basic; -nitroaniline is even less basic than aniline because of the strong electron-withdrawing nitro group; aniline itself is weakly basic due to

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