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KCET · Chemistry · Biomolecules

In an alkaline medium, glycine predominantly exists as/in a/an

  1. A cation
  2. B anion
  3. C Zwitter ion
  4. D covalent form
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(B) anion

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In alkaline medium (high pH) amino acids exists as negatively charged particle (carboxyl group donates proton).
\[
\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{~N}-\mathrm{CH}_{2}-\mathrm{COOH} \underset{\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{~N}-\mathrm{CH}_{2}-\mathrm{COO}}{\stackrel{\text { High pH }}{\longrightarrow}}
\]