Amino Acids 4. Formation of a Dipeptide.

This video looks at the formation of a dipeptide in a condensation reaction. It shows the two possible dipeptides that can be formed from glycine and alanine.
This is one in a series of videos looking at the chemistry of amino acids and proteins. Other in the series look at: the structures of amino acids; the zwitterion and its amphoteric properties; the reactions of the amino acid glycine (2-aminoethanoic acid) with sodium hydroxide, sodium carbonate and aqueous copper (II) sulfate solution; formation of the backbone structure of a polypeptide; a general account of secondary structure; the alpha helix secondary structure; the beta-pleated sheet secondary structure; fibrous proteins verses globular proteins; protein hydrolysis