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Why is an alkylamine more basic than ammonia ?

Why is an alkylamine more basic than ammonia ?

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Gaurav
askIITians Faculty 164 Points
9 years ago
Hello Student

Alkylamine is more basic than ammonia due to the electron donating nature of alkyl group.
The alkyl group is electrondonating in nature because of which electron density around the N atom increases which further increase its basicity

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