Biological Compounds
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Biological Compounds
Lavelle mentioned that biological compounds with N lone pair can act as a base. What about acids?
Re: Biological Compounds
I don't believe so because acids like HNO3 have nitrogen in it but there is no lone pair due to the addition of Hydrogen
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Re: Biological Compounds
Since N has the additional lone pair, it acts as a lone pair donor and thus acts as the base in solution,
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Re: Biological Compounds
it wouldn't make sense for a Nitrogen lone pair to act as an acid, as acids are e- pair acceptors by definition, not donors.
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