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Account for the following : CH_3CH_2NH_2 is more basic than CH_3CONH_2.

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SOLUTION :(a) RESONANCE and inductive EFFECT POSSIBLE in acetamide involving the non bonding pair of electrons on the nitrogen atom.
(B) Another important factor is that amides contaning a powerful elctron is not readily available for donation and it is less basic.
(c) Thus ethylamine is more basic than acetamide.


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