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Why do amines dissolve in mineral acids ?

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Amines have a lone pair of electrons on their nitrogen atom. Hence they get protonated by mineral acids. SO salts are formed which are soluble in water.
`R-NH_2 + H^+BR^- rarr [R-NH_3]^+ Br^-`
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