how does the basicity of amines(primary ,secondary ,tertiary)change if in aqueous medium?

2> in coordination compounds when to nomenclatae the compounds 'ammine' and when 'amine'?

Answers of your questions are as follow:

(1) The basicity of amines should decrease in the order:

30 amine > 20 amine >1o amine >  NH3

But it is found that in aqueous solution, 20 amine is invariably more basic than 1o and 2o amine.

Order of basic strength in the case of methyl-substituted and ethyl-substituted amines is as follows:

The basicity of an amine  in aqueous solution depends upon the stability of the ammonium cation, which in turn depends upon a combination of the following three factors:

(1) +I effect of the alkyl group

(2) Extent of hydrogen bonding with water molecules.

(3) Steric effect of the alkyl groups

On the basis of +I effect, basicity of amines should decrease in the order,

30 amine > 20 amine >1o amine >  NH3

But if we look at the stability of ammonium cation, then cation derived from 1o amine should be more stable because it can form more hydrogen bonds with water. Thus on the basis of H-bonding and steric factors, basicity of amines should decrease in the order:

1o amine > 20 amine > 30 amine

From all this discussion, we may conclude that it is a combination of +I effect of the alkyl groups, H-bonding and steric factors which determine the stability of the ammonium cation.

So overall decreasing strength of methylamines is :

If however alkyl group is bigger than CH3 group, there will be some steric hindrance to H-bonding. As a result, stability due to +I effect predominates over the stability due to H-bonding and hence  30 amine becomes more basic than 1o amine. In other words, overall decreasing strength of ethylamines will be:

(2) In coordination compounds, while naming them, 'ammine' is used when the ligand is NH3.

For example:

IUPAC name of the compound [Co(NH3)6]ClSO4 will be hexaamminecobalt(III) chloride sulphate

But when the ligand is substituted amine for example: ethylenediamine (NH2CH2CH2NH2) then we use word ' amine'.

For example: IUPAC name of [CoCl2 (en)2]SO4 dichlorobis(ethane-1,2-diamine) cobalt(IV) sulphate.

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