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Sulphanilic acid although has acidic as well as basic group it is soluble in alkali but insoluble in mineral acid.

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Sulphanic acid exist as Zwitterion

The weakly acidic `-NH_(3)^(+)` transfers `H^+` to `OH^-` to form a soluble salt, `P-NH_2 -C_6H_(4) - SO_(3)""^(-)Na^+` on the other hand `-SO_(3)^(-)` is too weakly basic to accept `H^+` from strong acids.
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