The melting points and solubility in wat | Class 12 Chemistry Chapter Biomolecules, Biomolecules NCERT Solutions

Question:

The melting points and solubility in water of amino acids are generally higher than that of the corresponding halo acids. Explain.

Answer:

Both acidic (carboxyl) as well as basic (amino) groups are present in the same molecule of amino acids. In aqueous solutions, the carboxyl group can lose a proton and the amino group can accept a proton, thus giving rise to a dipolar ion known as a zwitter ion.

Due to this dipolar behaviour, they have strong electrostatic interactions within them and with water. But halo-acids do not exhibit such dipolar behaviour.

For this reason, the melting points and the solubility of amino acids in water is higher than those of the corresponding halo-acids.


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  • 2017-08-05 19:59:55

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  • 2016-12-25 17:07:36

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