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Q. In chlorobenzene solution, the basic strength of amines increases in the order

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Solution:

Chlorobenzene is a non-polar solvent, thus amines follow their general trend of basicity, ie, as the number of alkyl groups increases, availability of lone pair for donation decreases, and thus basicity increases.
The order of basic strength is