Question

Kb of Aniline is 3.8 × 10– 10 and Kb of Pyridine is 1.7 × 10– 9. Calculate the strength of Aniline with respect to Pyridine.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Lower the value of pK

b

, higher is the basicity of amine.

The increasing order of their basic strength corresponds to decreasing order of pK

b

values.

benzenamine (aniline) (9.38)<ammonia (4.75)<methanamine (3.38)