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Grade 11Organic Chemistry

please describe the basicity order of the following compounds::

a)Ph-NH2

b)Ph-NH2 and at ortho position -CCl3

c)Ph-NH2 and at meta position -CCl3

d)Ph-NH2 and at para position -CCl3

Profile image of sayan chaudhuri
14 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of gauhar singh
13 Years ago

the basic strenght depends on availability of lose pair on N. CCl3 has negative inductive n negative hyperconjugation so the closer it is to N less will be electron density on N. therefore ans is A>D>C>B