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Benzylamine is the IUPAC name of aniline.(a) True(b) FalseThe question was posed to me during a job interview.My doubt stems from Amines Nomenclature topic in portion Amines of Chemistry – Class 12

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The correct option is (b) False

Easy explanation: Aniline is an aromatic ARYL AMINE, whereas benzylamine is am arylalkyl amine. Aniline is both accepted as the common and IUPAC names. The IUPAC NAMING of aryl AMINES is done by replacing the suffix ‘E’ of the arene by amine. Therefore, aniline is named as benzenamine.



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