Organic Chemistry
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781305080485
Author: John E. McMurry
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 26.SE, Problem 58AP
Aspartame, a nonnutritive sweetener marketed under such trade names as Equal, NutraSweet, and Canderel, is the methyl ester of a simple dipeptide, Asp-Phe-OCH3.
(a) Draw the structure of aspartame.
(b) The isoelectric point of aspartame is 5.9. Draw the principal structure present in aqueous solution at this pH.
(c) Draw the principal form of aspartame present at physiological pH=7.3.b
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Ch. 26.1 - How many of the -amino acids shown in Table 26-1...Ch. 26.1 - Prob. 2PCh. 26.1 - Prob. 3PCh. 26.2 - Hemoglobin has pI=6.8. Does hemoglobin have a net...Ch. 26.3 - Show how you could prepare the following -amino...Ch. 26.3 - What alkyl halides would you use to prepare the...Ch. 26.3 - Prob. 7PCh. 26.4 - There are six isomeric tripeptides that contain...Ch. 26.4 - Draw the structure of M-P-V-G, and indicate its...Ch. 26.5 - Prob. 10P
Ch. 26.5 - Prob. 11PCh. 26.6 - The octapeptide angiotensin II has the sequence...Ch. 26.6 - Prob. 13PCh. 26.6 - Prob. 14PCh. 26.6 - Give the amino acid sequence of hexapeptides that...Ch. 26.7 - Prob. 16PCh. 26.7 - Write all five steps required for the synthesis of...Ch. 26.10 - Prob. 18PCh. 26.SE - Identify the following amino acids:Ch. 26.SE - Prob. 20VCCh. 26.SE - Isoleucine and threonine are the only two amino...Ch. 26.SE - Prob. 22VCCh. 26.SE - Give the sequence of the following tetrapeptide:Ch. 26.SE - Prob. 24MPCh. 26.SE - The chloromethylated polystyrene resin used for...Ch. 26.SE - Prob. 26MPCh. 26.SE - Prob. 27MPCh. 26.SE - Prob. 28MPCh. 26.SE - Except for cysteine, only S amino acids occur in...Ch. 26.SE - Prob. 30APCh. 26.SE - Prob. 31APCh. 26.SE - Show the structures of the following amino acids...Ch. 26.SE - Prob. 33APCh. 26.SE - Using both three- and one-letter codes for amino...Ch. 26.SE - Prob. 35APCh. 26.SE - Show how you could use the acetamidomalonate...Ch. 26.SE - Prob. 37APCh. 26.SE - Show how you could prepare the following amino...Ch. 26.SE - Prob. 39APCh. 26.SE - Predict the product of the reaction of valine with...Ch. 26.SE - Prob. 41APCh. 26.SE - Prob. 42APCh. 26.SE - Propose two structures for a tripeptide that gives...Ch. 26.SE - Show the steps involved in a synthesis of...Ch. 26.SE - Prob. 45APCh. 26.SE - Prob. 46APCh. 26.SE - Prob. 47APCh. 26.SE - Which of the following amino acids are more likely...Ch. 26.SE - Leuprolide is a synthetic nonapeptide used to...Ch. 26.SE - The -helical parts of myoglobin and other proteins...Ch. 26.SE - Prob. 51APCh. 26.SE - Cytochrome c is an enzyme found in the cells of...Ch. 26.SE - Prob. 53APCh. 26.SE - Prob. 54APCh. 26.SE - Prob. 55APCh. 26.SE - What is the structure of a nonapeptide that gives...Ch. 26.SE - Oxytocin, a nonapeptide hormone secreted by the...Ch. 26.SE - Aspartame, a nonnutritive sweetener marketed under...Ch. 26.SE - Prob. 59APCh. 26.SE - Prob. 60APCh. 26.SE - Prob. 61APCh. 26.SE - Prob. 62AP
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