QuestionAcids and bases / steric effects on basicity
In trialkyl amines, the ‘p-character’ of lone-pair of electrons on the N-atom :
- (a) Increases with bulkier alkyl group resulting in superior donation of lone-pair towards an acid
- (b) Decreases with bulkier alkyl group resulting in superior donation of lone-pair towards an acid
- (c) Increases with bulkier alkyl group resulting in poor donation of lone-pair towards an acid
- (d) Decreases with bulkier alkyl group resulting in poor donation of lone-pair towards an acid
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