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Amino acids

Question

Which of the nitrogen of histidine is first protonated?

Moderate

A

$α$
B

$β$
C

Both
D

None

Solution

Protonation at $β$ -N leads to imidazolium ion, which is stabilized by two equivalent resonating structures.

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