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Alanine ionic species question?
If alanine was to lose a hydrogen from the amino group from ionization which hydrogen would it lose?
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- HalchemistLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
Alanine in solution exists as a zwitterion, a negative charge on the carboxylate portion and a positive charge on the amino portion. It is one of the three protons attached to the amino nitrogen that would be lost: CH3CH(NH3+)CO2-
- plays_poorly...Lv 78 years ago
If alanine was to lose a hydrogen from the amino group from ionization which hydrogen would it lose?
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Neither. An amino group in water soltion is basic, that is, it combines with any hydronium ions around.
