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Consider the following compounds

Order of basicity of these compounds in decreasing …… is
ChemistryGeneral Organic ChemistryNEET
Options:
  • A 4 > 1 > 2 > 3
  • B 1 > 3 > 4 > 2
  • C 2 > 3 > 4 > 1
  • D 1 > 3 > 2 > 4
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 1 > 3 > 2 > 4
Basicity decreases as in the following order 1 > 3 > 2 > 4.

Here (1) is more basic than (3) as in (3) oxygen atom is electron withdrawing. (2) is more basic than (4) as in (4) lone pair is delocalized. (3) and (4) are less basic than (1) and (2) due to more s%.

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