- Acetylation of aniline reduces its activation effect.
- CH3NH2 is more basic than C6H5NH2.
- Although -NH2 is o/p directing group, yet aniline on nitration gives a significant amount of m-nitroaniline.
- Due to the resonance, the electron pair of nitrogen atom gets delocalised towards carbonyl group/resonating structures.
- Because of +I effect in methylamine electron density at nitrogen increases whereas in aniline resonance takes place and electron density on nitrogen decreases/resonating structures.
- Due to protonation of aniline/formation of anilinium ion.






