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In an alkaline medium, glycine predomina...

In an alkaline medium, glycine predominantly exists as/in a/an

A

cation

B

anion

C

Zwitter ion

D

covalent form

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B
In alkaline medium glycine predominently exists as an anion.
`H_3overset+N -CH_2-COO^(-) + OH^(-) to underset"Anion"(H_2 ddotN- CH_2-COO^(-)+H_2O)`
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