Strength of bases BrO- and C17H19O3N

[405318478]

Explain why hypobromite is a stronger base than morphine. I my thought process was first that since morphone has more oxygen atoms, and that Nitrogen is more electronegative than Bromine, thus morphone would be stronger. Could someone explain why hypobromite is actually a stronger base?

[Sophia Shaka 3L]

Just answered this, I'll paste my response here!
HBrO is a weak acid, so its conjugate base BrO- will be a strong base.
Morphine is basic due to the nitrogen with a lone pair, and as Lavelle has stated in lecture, these nitrogen containing compounds are always weak.

[britthanul234]

Weak acid = HBrO
Conjugate base = BrO-
Morphine is basic because the nitrogen has a lone pair, so the compounds will be weak.