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Grade 12th passOrganic Chemistry

Why is tetramethyl ammonium hydroxide more basic than trimethyl amine?

Profile image of Krithika Unmesh
8 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Arun
8 Years ago
Tetra methyl ammonium hydroxide is more basic. It shows a strong basic nature because of very stable tetramethylammonium ion and the hydroxide being easily available. The inductive effect (+I) is very high creating a larger electron density which results in hydroxide to be available easily.For Trimethylamine, induction effect is not so strong.
Profile image of sadiya
8 Years ago
bcos in tetramrthyl ammonium hydroxide there are 4 methyl groups which exert strong positive inductive effect. which is not the case in trimethyl amine.

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