Question
Which of the two is more basic and why? p-toluidine or aniline.

Answer

 p-toluidine is more basic due to the presence of $- CH _3$ group at para position. Due to +1 effect of $-CH _3$ group, electron density on nitrogen increases, hence the tendency to donate pair of electrons increases.

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