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Amines
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Why is an amide more acidic than an amine?

Answer

Amides are less basic than amine because unlike amines the lone pair of nitrogen in amide is not always available with nitrogen due to the following resonating structures:

In structure (II), a positive charge is developed on nitrogen because of which it can liberate a proton and shows acidic character.
2CH3CONH2 + HgO → (CH3CONH)2 + HgO

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Some More Questions From Amines Chapter

Classify the following amines as primary, secondary or tertiary:

Classify the following amines as primary, secondary or tertiary:
(C2H5)2CHNH2

Classify the following amines as primary, secondary or tertiary:
(C2H5)2NH

Write structures of different isomeric amines corresponding to the molecular formula C4H11N.

Write IUPAC names of all the isomers.

What type of isomerism is exhibited by different pairs of amines?

How will you convert Benzene into N, N-dimethylaniline?

Arrange the following in increasing order of their basic strength:
C2H5NH2, C6H5NH2, NH3, C6H5CH2NH2 and (C2H5)2NH