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punky

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carboxyl groups
« on: May 12, 2004, 07:08:41 PM »
If you have an carboxyl group on opposite end of a molecule results in what type of a compound?

Would it be?:  N-terminal residue, C-terminal residue- Polypeptides?

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Re:carboxyl groups
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2004, 07:23:33 PM »
would it be diacids?

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Re:carboxyl groups
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2004, 01:14:57 PM »
-COOH would be carboxylic acid

Carboxyl would refer to only -C=O

Should be called aldehyde
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Re:carboxyl groups
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2004, 02:57:33 PM »
-C=O would be a carbonyl not a carboxyl
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