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Title: What will happen to the aspartic acid?
Post by: INeedSerotonin on November 08, 2019, 05:51:46 PM

In a very acidic environment (pH < 1), the essential amino acid aspartic acid will look like

(https://i10.servimg.com/u/f10/13/38/65/79/gogogo10.jpg)

Could you guys please help me solve this one? I don't know how to start solving it. I know that "in a very acidic environment" there is a lot of H⁺, but I'm stuck here.

Thank you

Title: Re: What will happen to the aspartic acid?
Post by: AWK on November 09, 2019, 01:37:18 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j0796RPGtI
https://www.anaspec.com/html/pK_n_pl_Values_of_AminoAcids.html
https://groups.chem.ubc.ca/courseware/pH/section19/index.html

Title: Re: What will happen to the aspartic acid?
Post by: Babcock_Hall on November 09, 2019, 09:51:47 AM

Think about pK_a values and the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation.