For the lewis structure of glycine, (NH2CH2COOH), you get N with a lone pair, and two O with two lone pairs. The lone pair on the N contributes to the amphoteric character, but why wouldn't the lone pairs on the O atoms?
I'm not sure if that makes sense, but I'm just a little confused why the lone pairs on the O wouldn't contribute to the proton accepting properties as well?
Glycine Amphoteric
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Sana Nagori 2H
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Re: Glycine Amphoteric
I think because if oxygen donated a pair it would end up with a positive formal charge and oxygens do not want that.
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Racquel Fox 2I
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Re: Glycine Amphoteric
Sana Nagori 2J wrote:I think because if oxygen donated a pair it would end up with a positive formal charge and oxygens do not want that.
Why would N want a +1 charge thought?
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Sana Nagori 2H
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Re: Glycine Amphoteric
Racquel Fox 3L wrote:
Why would N want a +1 charge thought?
It's not that N would WANT a +1 charge but more that oxygen really doesn't want one.
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