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Zwitterion

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showed that it was in the zwitterionic form in the solid state and confirmed the presence of hydrogen bonds. Theoretical calculations have been used to show that zwitterions may also be present in the gas phase for some cases different from the simple carboxylic acid-to-amine transfer.
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Because tautomers are different compounds, they sometimes have different enough structures that they can be detected independently in their mixture. This allows experimental analysis of the equilibrium.
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Other examples of permanent zwitterions include phosphatidylcholines, which also contain a quaternary nitrogen atom, but with a negatively-charged phosphate group in place of a carboxylate group;
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link. At the present time, all compounds whose structure includes this motif are known as betaines. Betaines do not isomerize because the chemical groups attached to the nitrogen atom are not
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character, activate strong bonds and small molecules, and serve as transient intermediates in catalysis. Donor-acceptor entities are of vast use in photochemistry (
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Insight to the equilibrium in solution may be gained from the results of theoretical calculations. For example, pyridoxal phosphate, a form of
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contains both acidic (carboxylic acid fragment) and basic (amine fragment) centres. The isomer on the right is a zwitterion.
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It has been suggested, on the basis of theoretical analysis, that the zwitterion is stabilized in aqueous solution by
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is a zwitterion with two protons having been transferred from carboxylic acid groups to the nitrogen atoms.
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Strongly polarized conjugated compounds (conjugated zwitterions) are typically very reactive, share
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and may jump to the phosphate group to form a compound which is not a zwitterion.
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The ratio of the concentrations of the two species in solution is independent of
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Molecule containing an equal number of positive and negative functional groups
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to an all-neutral form, such as when the positive charge is located on a
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for deprotonation of the common amino acids span the approximate range
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will be established between the "parent" molecule and the zwitterion.
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that contains an equal number of positively and negatively charged
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Tautomerism of amino acids follows this stoichiometry:
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Index

Zwitterions
chemistry
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TSVIT-ə-rye-ən
German
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hermaphrodite
molecule
functional groups
amino acids
chemical equilibrium
Betaines
isomerize
quaternary ammonium
phosphonium
carboxylate

amino acid
pH
hydrogen bonding
neutron diffraction
glycine
pKa values
propionic acid
Sulfamic acid isomers, with the zwitterion (right)
Sulfamic acid
Anthranilic acid
Anthranilic acid
Structure of H4EDTA
H4EDTA

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