Compounds X and Y are acidic amino acid and basic amino acid, respectively. While monomers A and B are formed by modifying compounds X and Y by maintaining the basic structure of amino acid. Polymer C is formed through a condensation reaction of monomers A and B. (a) Identify the possible structural formulae (according to the type of hydrogen) of Monomer A, Monomer B and Polymer C.
Compounds X and Y are acidic amino acid and basic amino acid, respectively. While monomers A and B are formed by modifying compounds X and Y by maintaining the basic structure of amino acid. Polymer C is formed through a condensation reaction of monomers A and B. (a) Identify the possible structural formulae (according to the type of hydrogen) of Monomer A, Monomer B and Polymer C.
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Answer (a.) If compound X form monomer A and compound Y form monomer B
And monomer A and B form
Any type of acidic and basic amino acid are accepted in this question

Transcribed Image Text:Compounds X and Y are acidic amino acid and basic amino acid, respectively.
While monomers A and B are formed by modifying compounds X and Y by
maintaining the basic structure of amino acid. Polymer C is formed through a
condensation reaction of monomers A and B.
(a) Identify the possible structural formulae (according to the type of
hydrogen) of Monomer A, Monomer B and Polymer C.
(b) Construct table that includes the hydrogen type, chemical shift,
integration number, multiplicity and adjacent hydrogen for Monomer A,
Monomer B and Polymer C.
(c) Identify the possible structural formulae for repeating unit of Polymer
C.
(d) Identify the possible structural formulae of compound X present in
aqueous and basic solutions.
(e) Discuss the differences between compound Y with aliphatic carboxylic
acid.
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