JEE Main Chemistry question
The negative charge developed on nitrogen (in the resonance hybrid of the conjugate acid) makes a compound more basic; also, a secondary amine is more basic than a primary amine (due to the effect of the extra alkyl group), while in an amide the lone pair remains less available due to delocalisation by resonance. This set of facts is best summarised by the statement:
Answer: (A)
Solution
These facts together illustrate the two dominant, and often opposing, electronic effects governing basicity at nitrogen: INDUCTIVE electron donation (as from the extra alkyl group in a secondary amine, which
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