Amino acid behave like salts rather than simple amines or carboxylic acids explain
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An amino acid is a type of organic acid that contains a carboxyl functional group (-COOH) and an amine functional group (-NH2) as well as a side chain (designated as R) that is specific to the individual amino acid.
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The characteristics of any chemical compound is decided by it's reaction in the aqueous solution.
In the aqueous solution of the amino acids,the carboxyl group of that amino acid losses one proton and that proton is captured by the amino group of that same amino acid,to form a zwitter ion.
Due to the formation of the zwitter ion,amino acids behave like salts.
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