(a) Explain why an alkylamine is more basic than ammonia?
(b) How would you convert:
(i) Aniline to nitrobenzene
(ii)Aniline to iodobenzene
(a) Alkyl groups are electron donating groups and thus they increase the electron density on nitrogen in alkylamine. Due to this reason an alkylamine is more basic than ammonia.
(b) The asked conversions can be carried out as follows
(i)Aniline to nitrobenzene:
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(ii)Aniline to iodobenzene:-
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