Interpretation: The formation of a dipeptide from two amino acids needs to be written using structural formulas and mention the functional group so formed with this reaction.
Concept introduction: Amino acids are the smaller molecules that make up a protein. The molecules of amino acids are composed of carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen, and oxygen. Different amino acids are beneficial in serving the structural units of all proteins.
An amino acid is a compound that consists of two
Answer to Problem 107A
When two amino acids are joined together, they form a dipeptide.
The
The functional group that is formed by this reaction is an amide.
Explanation of Solution
A compound that is formed when two amino acids are joined together is known as a dipeptide.
The bond between two amino acids leads to the formation of an amide bond which is also interpreted as a peptide bond, where the
The reaction for the formation of a dipeptide is depicted as follows:
Thus, the functional group that is formed when two amino acids are joined together is an amide group.
When two amino acids are joined together, they form a dipeptide and the functional group that is formed by this reaction is an amide.
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