why phenyl methanamine is more basic than methanamine

Dear Student,
In methaneamine the basicity is increased due to the inductive effect of methyl group so that the electron density on Nitrogen in methaneamine increases which makes it more basic than Phenylmethaneamine in which the electron density is under resosnance in the phenyl ring which means the electron density is not concentrated more on nitrogen atom due to resonance which menas its less basic than methaneamine.
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