Question

In an alkaline medium, glycine predominantly exists as/in a/an
A. cation
B. anion
C. Zwitter ion
D. covalent form

Answer 1

Correct Answer - B
In alkaline medium glycine predominently exists as an anion.
`H_3overset+N -CH_2-COO^(-) + OH^(-) to underset"Anion"(H_2 ddotN- CH_2-COO^(-)+H_2O)`