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Karan Singh
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Comparing Basic strengths of different species

Well I was doing questions on organic chemistry.I came across tonnes of questions where I was required to compare basic and acidic strengths. Comparing acidic strengths is fine - I remove an H+and compare the stability of the anion coz my teacher told me strong acid has a stable anion and explained me the reason from equilibrium point of view. When it comes to comparing basic strengths what do we do ? Can I add an H+ to the species and compare the resulting stability by resonance ,hyperconjugation and inductive effect and then can I conclude the more basic one will have a stabler cation? Really baffled. Please do correct me if I am mistaken in my fundamentals. Thanks in advance.

Karan Singh
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