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4. Explain why diisopropylamine is a stronger base than aniline nh2 diisopropylamine aniline.

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Answer: Cyclohexylamine is a stronger base than aniline because in aniline electron pair is involved in conjugation, which makes the electron pair unavailable, where as in cyclohexyl amine, the −NH

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group is out side the ring and there is no resonance in the ring also, thereby the lone pair present on the nitrogen is freely available, resulting in a stronger base.

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