JEE Main Chemistry question

Decreasing order of basicity of the three isomers of methoxyaniline is

(A)- > - > -
(B)- > - > -
(C)- > - > -Correct
(D)- > - > -

Answer: (C)

Solution

The para-methoxy group donates electron density into the ring by resonance, reinforcing the amino nitrogen's basicity; the meta-methoxy group can act only inductively (mildly electron-withdrawing, with no resonance path to nitrogen), making the meta isomer the least basic of the three. The ortho isomer, despite some

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