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Q. What will be the nature of existence of an amino acid (containing one amino and one carboxylic acid group) in solution of pH < $pK_{a_{1}}$ ?

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Solution:

At low pH (acidic solution) $COO^{-}$ ion acts as the base and accepts proton to form the cation.
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