Question

The amine group within an amino acid has which structure?

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Answer 1

http://www.chemguide.co.uk/organicprops/amines/background.html

Answer 2

An amine has to have what element?

Answer 3

nitrogen

Answer 4

Yep :-)

Answer 5

okay

Answer 6

???

Answer 7

Do you need any more help with this one?

Answer 8

yeah.

Answer 9

yeah so general structure of an amino acid

Answer 10

you've got an amino and a carboxyl group

Answer 11

okay

Answer 12

The two can react with each-other, and the result is a loss of water.

in other words the lone pair of electrons on then nitgoren can attack the carbonyl carbon the C=O double bonded to oxygen.



the result is a peptide bond, which is the general structure of all amino acids.



every amino acid will have an animo and a carboxyl group. what distinguishes them are the groups that are attached. we can call these R groups. R just means the rest of the molecule, it can be any functional group attached to the molecule and is a short hand to save time when drawing your molecules.