ORGANIC CHEMISTRY-W/STUD.SOLN.MAN.
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY-W/STUD.SOLN.MAN.
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Chapter 26, Problem 35P
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The reasonable structures of putrescine, citrulline, and ornithine are to be drawn at pH=7.

Concept introduction:

Amino acids are the organic compounds containing a carboxylic acid group and one amino acid group with an alkyl group as a side chain.

Amino acids consist of both positive as well negative groups in their structure and are called as ampholytes.

The zwitter ion refers to a molecule that consists of both positive as well negative groups. The overall charge is neutral on a zwitterion. The best examples of zwitter ion are amino acids.

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