Amino acids behave like salts rather than simple amines or carboxylic acids. Explain.

<p>This is a Short Answer Type Questions as classified in NCERT Exemplar</p><p>Since both acidic (−COOH) and basic (−NH₂) groups present in amino acids, it act like salts rather than simple amines or carboxylic acids. In Ans, a −COOH a group can release a proton and an amine group can take a proton, resulting in the formation of a dipolar ion known as zwitterion.</p>

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