Amino Acids, Amides and Chirality (OCR A-Level Chemistry A): Quizzes

$\text{RCH(NH}_2\text{)COOH}$

They react with both acids and bases

It gains a proton to form $\text{NH}_3^+$

$\text{RCH(NH}_2\text{)COO}^-\text{Na}^+$

$\text{NH}_3^+$

$\text{RCH(NH}_3^+\text{)COO}^-$

Negative

Two carbons bonded to nitrogen

A carbon bonded to four different groups

Its R group is H, giving two H on α-carbon