Question

Amongst the following, the most basic compound is

• A. benzylamine
• B. aniline
• C. acetanilide
• D. $p$ - nitrodaniline

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

In benzylamine $(C_6{H}_{5}C{H}_{2}N{H}_2)$ the lone pair of $N$ does not involve in delocalisation and are available for donation but in other given compounds, the lone pair of $N$ involves delocalisation and thus, are not available for donation as shown below

Thus, benzylamine is the most basic compound among the given compounds