Organic Chemistry (9th Edition)
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Author: Leroy G. Wade, Jan W. Simek
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Chapter 24.2B, Problem 24.3P
The herbicide glyphosate (Roundup®) kills plants by inhibiting an enzyme needed for synthesis of phenylalanine. Deprived of phenylalanine the plant cannot make the proteins it needs, and it gradually weakens and dies. Although a small amount of glyphosate is deadly to a plant, its human toxicity is quite low. Suggest why this powerful herbicide has little effect on humans.
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Ch. 24.2A - Draw three-dimensional representations of the...Ch. 24.2A - Prob. 24.2PCh. 24.2B - The herbicide glyphosate (Roundup) kills plants by...Ch. 24.4 - Draw the structure of the predominant form of a....Ch. 24.4 - Draw the resonance forms of a protonated guanidino...Ch. 24.4 - Although tryptophan contains a heterocyclic amine,...Ch. 24.4 - Prob. 24.7PCh. 24.4 - Prob. 24.8PCh. 24.5A - Show how the following amino acids might be formed...Ch. 24.5B - Prob. 24.10P
Ch. 24.5C - Prob. 24.11PCh. 24.5C - Show how you would use a Strecker synthesis to...Ch. 24.6 - Suggest how you would separate the free i-ammo...Ch. 24.7A - Propose a mechanism for the acid-catalyzed...Ch. 24.7A - Give equations for the formation and...Ch. 24.7B - Prob. 24.16PCh. 24.7C - Prob. 24.17PCh. 24.8B - Draw the complete structures of the following...Ch. 24.9C - Prob. 24.19PCh. 24.9C - Prob. 24.20PCh. 24.9C - Prob. 24.21PCh. 24.9E - Prob. 24.22PCh. 24.9E - Prob. 24.23PCh. 24.10A - Propose a mechanism for the coupling of acetic...Ch. 24.10B - Show how you would synthesize Leu-Gly-Ala-Val-Phe...Ch. 24.10B - Show how solid-phase peptide synthesis would be...Ch. 24 - a. The isoelectric point (pl) of phenylalanine is...Ch. 24 - Prob. 24.28SPCh. 24 - Prob. 24.29SPCh. 24 - Prob. 24.30SPCh. 24 - Prob. 24.31SPCh. 24 - Suggest a method for the synthesis of the...Ch. 24 - Prob. 24.33SPCh. 24 - Write the complete structures for the following...Ch. 24 - The following structure is drawn in an...Ch. 24 - Prob. 24.36SPCh. 24 - Prob. 24.37SPCh. 24 - Show the steps and intermediates in the synthesis...Ch. 24 - Prob. 24.39SPCh. 24 - Lipoic acid is often found near the active sites...Ch. 24 - Prob. 24.41SPCh. 24 - Prob. 24.42SPCh. 24 - Prob. 24.43SPCh. 24 - Complete hydrolysis of an unknown basic...Ch. 24 - Prob. 24.45SPCh. 24 - Prob. 24.46SPCh. 24 - Prob. 24.47SP
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