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JEE Main & Advanced Chemistry Carboxylic Acids Question Bank General Introduction of Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives

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    Glycine may be classed as all of the following except [JIPMER 1997]

    A)                 A base 

    B)                 An acid

    C)                 A zwitter ion     

    D)                 Optically active acid

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

               Glycine do not have the chiral carbon so it is not optically active acid.                 \[\underset{\text{(Glycine)}}{\mathop{{{H}_{2}}N-\underset{H}{\overset{H}{\mathop{\underset{|}{\overset{|}{\mathop{C}}}\,}}}\,-COOH}}\,\]


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