The pKb value of an aliphatic primary amine is around 4 units. However, aniline's is 9.4.
Therefore aniline is more than five orders of magnitud (more than 100.000 times) less basic than for example
methylamanie. This is proof that the electron lone-pair of anilines's nitrogen is strongly delocalized towards
the aromatic ring, as it is shown by the corresponding resonance forms.
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