TLS Online TPP Program

#Question id: 8848


A carbon skeleton is covalently bonded to both an amino group and a carboxyl group. When placed in water it

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms
  1. would function only as an acid because of the carboxyl group.
  2. would function only as a base because of the amino group.
  3. would function as neither an acid nor a base.
  4. would function as both an acid and a base.