The results and discussion are divided into three sections to address each interview question. The last section will tie together the key findings and conclusions from these conjugation through the productive application of pi donating group: (I-8) "if nitrogen can act as a pi bond donor, it makes it less basic." The productive use of π donating effects was beyond the 255 level of sophistication we expected. Specifically, we hypothesized that formal charge would be the primary resource for accounting for the differences in basicity.