The increasing order of 
for the following compounds will be:
ii 
iii
ii 
i 
i 
iii
iii 
ii
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Weaker the conjugate acid, stronger the base. (i) is the most basic as it has a guanidine like structure. It has a high tendency of accepting a proton, giving rise to a very stable conjugate acid and hence, is a very strong base.
In compound (iii), the 
is 
hybridised and its electronegativity is higher as compared to the compound (ii) which is a 
amine ( 
hybridise(d). So compound (ii) is more basic compared to compound (iii).
So, the order of basicity is i 
ii 
iii and thus the order of 
value will be iii 
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