Question

Compounds containing both amino and COOH groups are known as
A. Diamines
B. unknown
C. Amino acids
D. Enzymes

Answer 1

Hint: The amino group is a functional group which is present in an amine. COOH is the functional group which is present in a carboxylic acid compound.

Complete Step by Step Solution:
Functional groups are the groups that present chemical compounds which show their different chemical properties. Different functional groups show different properties.
Amino acids are organic compounds which combine together to form a protein. Therefore, amino acids are referred to as the building block of proteins.

An amino group is a functional group with the general formula \[R - N{H_2}\]where R is the alkyl group.
The Carboxyl group is a functional group with the general formula R-COOH where R is the alkyl group.
Amino acid is an organic molecule which contains both the amino functional group and carboxyl functional group attached to the central carbon atom. The two bonds of carbon are attached to an alkyl group (R) and a hydrogen atom.
The general structure of amino acids is given below.

Image: General formula of amino acid.

Thus, the compounds containing both amino and COOH groups are known as amino acids.
Therefore, option C is correct.

Note: There are different amino acids which differ from each other on the basis of the alkyl group attached. There is a total of 20 amino acids which occur naturally among which there are a total of 9 essential amino acids i.e, histidine, leucine, lycine, isoleucine, methionine, valine, phenylalanine, threonine, and tryptophan.