JEE Main Chemistry question

Statement 1: α-amino acids exist as dipolar ions or zwitter ions. Statement 2: α-amino acids are the building blocks of proteins.

(A)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is correct explanation for Assertion
(B)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is not correct explanation for AssertionCorrect
(C)Assertion is True, Reason is False
(D)Assertion is False, Reason is True

Answer: (B)

Solution

Both statements are independently true: α-amino acids genuinely exist predominantly as zwitterions due to intramolecular proton transfer between their –NH₂ and –COOH groups, and they genuinely are the monomer units from which proteins are built. However, being the building

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