J & K CET Medical J & K - CET Medical Solved Paper-2014

  • question_answer
    The chief commercial use of amines as intermediates in the synthesis of

    A)  medicines

    B)  fibers

    C)  medicines and fibers

    D)  proteins

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

     Proteins are the polymers of amino acids \[\left( {{H}_{2}}N-\underset{\begin{smallmatrix}  | \\  H \end{smallmatrix}}{\overset{\begin{smallmatrix}  R \\  | \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{C}}}\,-COOH \right)\]which may be joined together by an amide linkage, called peptide linkage\[(-CO-NH-)\]. Thus, amines plays an important role in the synthesis of proteins.


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