PKG ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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Author: SMITH
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Chapter 29, Problem 29.18P
Glutathione, a powerful antioxidant that destroy s harmful oxidizing agents in cells, is composed of glutamic acid, cysteine, and glycine, and has the following structure:
glutathione
a. What product is formed when glutathione reacts with an oxidizing agent?
b. What is unusual about the peptide bond between glutamic acid and cysteine?
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PKG ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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The enolate derived from diethyl...Ch. 29 - Problem 29.7
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Ch. 29 - Prob. 29.11PCh. 29 - Prob. 29.12PCh. 29 - Problem 29.13
What alkene is needed to synthesize...Ch. 29 - Problem 29.14
Draw the structure of each peptide....Ch. 29 - Problem 29.15
Name each peptide using both the...Ch. 29 - Prob. 29.16PCh. 29 - Prob. 29.17PCh. 29 - Problem 29.18
Glutathione, a powerful antioxidant...Ch. 29 - Problem 29.19
Draw the structure of the...Ch. 29 - Problem 29.20
Give the amino acid sequence of an...Ch. 29 - a What products are formed when each peptide is...Ch. 29 - Prob. 29.22PCh. 29 - Devise a synthesis of each peptide from amino acid...Ch. 29 - Devise a synthesis of the following dipeptide from...Ch. 29 - Prob. 29.25PCh. 29 - Consider two molecules of a tetrapeptide composed...Ch. 29 - What types of stabilizing interactions exist...Ch. 29 - Prob. 29.28PCh. 29 - Draw the product formed when the following amino...Ch. 29 - With reference to the following peptide: a...Ch. 29 - Devise a synthesis of the following dipeptide from...Ch. 29 - Prob. 29.32PCh. 29 - Histidine is classified as a basic amino acid...Ch. 29 - Tryptophan is not classified as a basic amino acid...Ch. 29 - What is the structure of each amino acid at its...Ch. 29 - What is the predominant form of each of the...Ch. 29 - 29.37 What is the predominant form of each of the...Ch. 29 - a. Draw the structure of the tripeptide A–A–A, and...Ch. 29 - 29.39 Draw the organic products formed in each...Ch. 29 - 29.40 What alkyl halide is needed to synthesize...Ch. 29 - 29.41 Devise a synthesis of threonine from diethyl...Ch. 29 - 29.42 Devise a synthesis of each amino acid from...Ch. 29 - Prob. 29.43PCh. 29 - Prob. 29.44PCh. 29 - Prob. 29.45PCh. 29 - Prob. 29.46PCh. 29 - Prob. 29.47PCh. 29 - 29.48 Brucine is a poisonous alkaloid obtained...Ch. 29 - Prob. 29.49PCh. 29 - Prob. 29.50PCh. 29 - Draw the structure for each peptide: (a) Phe–Ala;...Ch. 29 - 29.52 For the tetrapeptide Asp–Arg–Val–Tyr:
a....Ch. 29 - Prob. 29.53PCh. 29 - Prob. 29.54PCh. 29 - 29.55 Draw the amino acids and peptide fragments...Ch. 29 - Prob. 29.56PCh. 29 - Prob. 29.57PCh. 29 - Prob. 29.58PCh. 29 - 29.59 An octapeptide contains the following amino...Ch. 29 - 29.60 Draw the organic products formed in each...Ch. 29 - Draw all the steps in the synthesis of each...Ch. 29 - 29.62 Write out the steps for the synthesis of...Ch. 29 - 29.63 Besides the Boc and Fmoc protecting groups...Ch. 29 - 29.64 Another method to form a peptide bond...Ch. 29 - 29.65 Draw the mechanism for the reaction that...Ch. 29 - 29.66 Which of the following amino acids are...Ch. 29 - 29.67 After the peptide chain of collagen has been...Ch. 29 - Prob. 29.68PCh. 29 - Prob. 29.69PCh. 29 - 29.70 The anti-obesity drug orlistat works by...Ch. 29 - Prob. 29.71P
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