Question 33

(Multiple Choice)

A carbon skeleton is covalently bonded to both an amino group and a carboxyl group.When placed in water,it


A)would function only as an acid because of the carboxyl group.
B)would function only as a base because of the amino group.
C)would function as neither an acid nor a base.
D)would function as both an acid and a base.
E)is impossible to determine how it would function.

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