Hypoxanthine is an unusual nitrogenous base that can be formed from adenosine; it is not normally found in nucleic acids. Hypoxanthine has a single ionizable group with a pKa of 8.7. If you dissolved hypoxanthine in an aqueous solution at pH 7.0, would this ionizable group be protonated or deprotonated?

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1. Hypoxanthine is an unusual nitrogenous base that can be formed from adenosine; it is not normally found in nucleic acids. Hypoxanthine has a single ionizable group with a pKa of 8.7. If you dissolved hypoxanthine in an aqueous solution at pH 7.0, would this ionizable group be protonated or deprotonated?

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