Organic Chemistry (8th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321768418
ISBN 13: 978-0-32176-841-4

Chapter 1 - Introduction and Review - Study Problems - Page 38: 1-39 b

Answer

The nitrogen double bonded to C in the structure given in the question is the most basic.

Work Step by Step

When the nitrogen, double bonded to C in the structure given in the question, is protonated, it gives four resonance forms that delocalize the positive charge over all the three nitrogens and a carbon. This makes it stable and hence the most basic.
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