The amino acid histidine has ionizable groups with pKą values of 1.8, 6.0, and 9.2, as shown. COO COOH H₂N-CH H₂N-CH CH2 H H -N -N MEDE 6.0 CH pk, H N H₂N-CH CH, H -N CH lonizable -COOH group 1.8 pk, COO COO -HisH+ -His CH H₂N-CH 9.2 COO™ pK₂ CH₂ H -N H N -NH →-NH₂ CH A biochemist makes up 80 mL of a 0.11 M solution of histidine at a pH of 5.1. She then adds 60 mL of 0.10 M HCl. What is the pH of the resulting solution?

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The amino acid histidine has ionizable groups with pKa values of 1.8, 6.0, and 9.2, as shown.
COOH
H₂N-CH
|
CH ₂
pH =
CH
lonizable -COOH
group
COO-
H₂N-CH
1.8
pk₁
CH2
H
-COO-
CH
-HisH+
COO-
H₂N-CH
1
6.0
pk2
CH ₂
H
H N
-His
CH
-NH
COO-
H₂N-CH
1
9.2
pk₂
CH2
-NH₂
H
-N
CH
A biochemist makes up 80 mL of a 0.11 M solution of histidine at a pH of 5.1. She then adds 60 mL of 0.10 M HCl. What is
the pH of the resulting solution?
Transcribed Image Text:The amino acid histidine has ionizable groups with pKa values of 1.8, 6.0, and 9.2, as shown. COOH H₂N-CH | CH ₂ pH = CH lonizable -COOH group COO- H₂N-CH 1.8 pk₁ CH2 H -COO- CH -HisH+ COO- H₂N-CH 1 6.0 pk2 CH ₂ H H N -His CH -NH COO- H₂N-CH 1 9.2 pk₂ CH2 -NH₂ H -N CH A biochemist makes up 80 mL of a 0.11 M solution of histidine at a pH of 5.1. She then adds 60 mL of 0.10 M HCl. What is the pH of the resulting solution?
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