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kateman
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I was interested in knowing if my thoughts on this are right or if anyone else has any other thoughts on the reaction of any amino acid and concentrated HCl solution with water as the solvent;
As an example of an amino acid such as cystine with an NH2 bonded to a carbon; I was thinking that the water would dissociate and react at the site where nitrogen is attached to the carbon - the hydroxyl ion would be transffered to the carbon while the NH2 anion would react with the HCl and then also react with the hydrogen ion to create NH4Cl.
Would this reaction even result in NH4Cl? I could find nothing on the net to suggest it would and when I conduct the reaction myself I can't distinguish NH4Cl from HCl by smell alone [unless NH4Cl is being created as a dissolved solid and not evolved as a gas]
This has been playing in my head for months, any clarity would be really appreciated! :)
As an example of an amino acid such as cystine with an NH2 bonded to a carbon; I was thinking that the water would dissociate and react at the site where nitrogen is attached to the carbon - the hydroxyl ion would be transffered to the carbon while the NH2 anion would react with the HCl and then also react with the hydrogen ion to create NH4Cl.
Would this reaction even result in NH4Cl? I could find nothing on the net to suggest it would and when I conduct the reaction myself I can't distinguish NH4Cl from HCl by smell alone [unless NH4Cl is being created as a dissolved solid and not evolved as a gas]
This has been playing in my head for months, any clarity would be really appreciated! :)