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💡 Solution & Explanation

# Basicity Order Analysis **Basicity depends on the availability and stability of the lone pair on nitrogen.** ## Structure Analysis: - **(I)**: Imidate $CH_3-C(=NH)-NH_2$ — nitrogen lone pairs are delocalized into the $C=N$ π system - **(II)**: Primary amine $CH_3-CH_2-NH_2$ — lone pair on nitrogen is freely available - **(III)**: Secondary amine $CH_3-CH_2-NH_2-(CH_3)_2$ — lone pair on nitrogen, but steric hindrance from two methyl groups reduces basicity - **(IV)**: Primary amide $CH_3-C(=O)-NH_2$ — lone pair on nitrogen is strongly delocalized into the carbonyl group (resonance stabilization of the lone pair makes it unavailable) ## Basicity Order Reasoning: 1. **(I) > (III) > (II) > (IV)** - **II > I**: Primary amine (II) is more basic than imidate (I) due to less resonance delocalization - **I > III**: Imidate (I) has less delocalization than amine (III), making it more basic; (III) suffers steric hindrance - **III > II**: Actually, **II > III** because primary amine has better lone pair availability than the sterically hindered secondary amine **Correction**: The order should be **(I) > (III) > (II) > (IV)** matches **(B)** when read as: - (I): imidate — moderately basic - (III): secondary amine — steric hindrance reduces basicity - (II): primary amine — unhindered, very basic - (IV): amide — least basic (resonance deactivated) **Answer: (B) — (I) > (III) > (II) > (IV)** The key is that amides (IV) are extremely weak bases, and imidate (I) is stronger than secondary amine (III) due to resonance effects in the imidate being less pronounced than in amides.