Which of the following are weaker bases than aniline?

A4-methylaniline
BN-methylaniline, $C X_{6} H X_{5} NHCH X_{3}$
Cdiphenylamine, $(C X_{6} H X_{5}) X_{2} NH$
D4-nitroaniline

Answer: C, D

Diphenylamine has the lone pair shared with two rings, and 4-nitroaniline has an electron-withdrawing

NO X_{2}

group in para conjugation, so both are weaker than aniline. N-Methylaniline has a donating methyl group on nitrogen and is slightly stronger than aniline, and 4-methylaniline is also stronger because of the +I effect of

CH X_{3}

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