ORGANIC CHEMISTRY W/BIOLOGICAL TOPICS
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY W/BIOLOGICAL TOPICS
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Author: SMITH
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Chapter 27, Problem 33P

Tryptophan is not classified as a basic amino acid even though it has a heterocycle containing a nitrogen atom. Why is the N atom in the five-membered ring of tryptophan not readily protonated by acid?

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Lysine and tryptophan are two amino acids that contain an additional N atom in the R group bonded to the a carbon. While lysine is classified as a basic amino acid because it contains an additional basic N atom, tryptophan is classified as a neutral amino acid. Explain why this difference in classification occurs.
What does the "alpha" indicate in "α-amino acid"?   That the -COOH group is below the plane of the ring. That the amino group is the first group in the compound. That the alpha-carbon has a -NH2 attached. The the amino acid is the dominant form.
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ORGANIC CHEMISTRY W/BIOLOGICAL TOPICS

Ch. 27.3 - Prob. 11PCh. 27.3 - Prob. 12PCh. 27.4 - Problem 29.13 What alkene is needed to synthesize...Ch. 27.5 - Problem 29.14 Draw the structure of each peptide....Ch. 27.5 - Problem 29.15 Name each peptide using both the...Ch. 27 - Draw the product formed when the following amino...Ch. 27 - With reference to the following peptide: a...Ch. 27 - Prob. 31PCh. 27 - Histidine is classified as a basic amino acid...Ch. 27 - Tryptophan is not classified as a basic amino acid...Ch. 27 - What is the structure of each amino acid at its...Ch. 27 - What is the predominant form of each of the...Ch. 27 - 29.37 What is the predominant form of each of the...Ch. 27 - a. Draw the structure of the tripeptide A–A–A, and...Ch. 27 - 29.39 Draw the organic products formed in each...Ch. 27 - 29.40 What alkyl halide is needed to synthesize...Ch. 27 - Prob. 50PCh. 27 - Draw the structure for each peptide: (a) Phe–Ala;...Ch. 27 - 29.52 For the tetrapeptide Asp–Arg–Val–Tyr: a....Ch. 27 - Prob. 53PCh. 27 - Prob. 54PCh. 27 - 29.55 Draw the amino acids and peptide fragments...Ch. 27 - Prob. 56PCh. 27 - Prob. 57PCh. 27 - Prob. 58PCh. 27 - 29.59 An octapeptide contains the following amino...Ch. 27 - 29.60 Draw the organic products formed in each...Ch. 27 - 29.65 Draw the mechanism for the reaction that...Ch. 27 - 29.66 Which of the following amino acids are...Ch. 27 - 29.67 After the peptide chain of collagen has been...Ch. 27 - Prob. 68PCh. 27 - Prob. 69PCh. 27 - 29.70 The anti-obesity drug orlistat works by...Ch. 27 - Prob. 71P
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