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Arrange the following in the order asked.
Increasing order of basic strength: Aniline, p – nitroaniline and p – toluidine.
Answer
Answer
AIOrder, first to last: p-nitroaniline, Aniline, p-toluidine
p-nitroaniline < Aniline < p-toluidine
Because the $-\mathrm{NO_2}$ group withdraws electrons and lowers the availability of the lone pair, while the $-\mathrm{CH_3}$ group donates electrons and raises it.
From ISC 2018 Specimen Chemistry Paper 1, question 14(a).