Why is phenylamine a weaker base than ethylamine?

Phenylamine is a weaker base than ethylamine because the lone pair on the nitrogen atom in phenylamine is spread into the delocalised electron ring in benzene, therefore is less available for protonation than in ethylamine. This reduced availability causes the phenylamine to be a weaker base.

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