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Summary of Amino Acids for Chemistry A2 Unit 2 CCEA GCE

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Glycine 2 aminoethanoicacid alanine 2 aminopropanoicacid



in Eon in Eon

Properties


MeltingPoints
Crystallinesolids withhighMPs

Twitterions form Ions whichhave a permanent positive but
negativecharge
are overallneutral
instead weaker H bonds I intermolecular Zwitterions have much
of
stronger ionic attractions
forces
between one ion I
its neighbours
I take more to breaksoamino acid have high Mps
energy
Solubility

Soluble in water insoluble in non polar
organicsolvents
solid aminoacid replaced
ionic attractionsbetween
between polar H2o I
ions in
Zwitterions bystrongattractions
solubilitydecreases as R group gets longer
Optical activity

apartfrom glycine all AA are optically active as they have 4 different groups
attached to thecarbonatom

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, Reactions


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