Statement I: Aniline is better nucleophile than anilium ion. Statement II: Anilium ion has positive charge.

Question

Statement I: Aniline is better nucleophile than anilium ion. Statement II: Anilium ion has positive charge. (A) Both statement I and II are correct. (B) Both statement I and II are incorrect. (C) Statement I is correct but statement II is incorrect. (D) Statement II is correct but statement I is incorrect.

Tardigrade Admin · Accepted Answer

It is fact that aniline is better nucleophile than anilium ion. Anilium ion possesses +ve underset textAnilium ionC 6 H 5 NH 3+ charge, which reduces the tendency to donate lone pair of electrons.

Q. Statement I : Aniline is better nucleophile than anilium ion.
Statement II : Anilium ion has positive charge.

Both statement I and II are correct.

Both statement I and II are incorrect.

Statement I is correct but statement II is incorrect.

Statement II is correct but statement I is incorrect.

It is fact that aniline is better nucleophile than anilium ion. Anilium ion possesses +ve $Anilium ion C_{6} H_{5} N H_{3}^{+}$ charge, which reduces the tendency to donate lone pair of electrons.

Q. Statement I : Aniline is better nucleophile than anilium ion. Statement II : Anilium ion has positive charge.