Question- Attach properly annotated spectra if assigned. Include a table with your observations on the solubility in water, acid, and base of the norleucine, caproic acid, and hexylamine.
Answer the subsequent questions
Q1- Define zwitterionic. Explain your solubility results based on this concept.
Q2- Starting with a racemic mixture of 2-bromohexanoic acid, one expects a racemic mixture of norleucine. If one started with (S)-2-bromohexanoic acid, would be the final product be R or S or racemic?
Q3- Explain why you are asked to perform the solubility tests at different pHs.
Q4- Would you expect the reaction to proceed faster or slower if a solvent less polar than water were used? Explain.
Express your knowledge to solve the above question