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Which Is the Stronger Base Pyridine or Urea
Q: Which is the stronger base: pyridine or urea?
Which is the stronger base: pyridine or urea?
Flexi Says:
Pyridine is a stronger base as it has a lone pair of electrons that can accept a proton, unlike urea whose lone pair electrons on the amine groups (-NH) are stabilized by the carbonyl group (-C=O).
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