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Published on: August 13, 2026
Arrange the following amines in the decreasing order of basicity:
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B
Compound, III 
is most basic as the lone pair of nitrogen is easily available for the donation.
In case of compound (I) 
lone pair is not involved in resonance but nitrogen atom is 
hybridsed whereas in compound II the lone pair of nitrogen is involved in aromaticity which makes it least basic.
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