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Which is more acidic p-nitroaniline or aniline

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p nitron aniline is more acidic.
nitro group is a deactivating group.it reduces electron density on benzene ring due to it's electron withdrawing nature.so when the basic natures of aniline and p-nitro aniline are compared,aniline has more lewis basic nature due to more electron density on it than p-nitroaniline.

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