JEE Main Chemistry question

Chemistry Chemistry in Everyday Life JEE Main

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Aspartame is a non-nutritive sweetener. Assuming that both amide and ester bonds are hydrolysed in the stomach, the amino acids obtained are

(A)Phenylalanine ( with an group) only
(B)Aspartic acid ( with a group) only
(C)Both (a) and (b)Correct
(D)None of these

Answer: (C)

Solution

Aspartame is the methyl ester of the dipeptide aspartyl-phenylalanine; hydrolysing both its amide and ester bonds in the stomach releases the two constituent amino

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Question ID VK-151743