Chemistry 9701 · AS & A Level · Carboxylic acids and derivatives

Carboxylic acids and derivatives — practice question

The displayed structure of aspartame, which is used as an artificial sweetener, is shown. If aspartame is warmed in aqueous alkali, which of the bonds 1 and 2 is broken?

  • Aboth bond 1 and bond 2
  • Bbond 1 only
  • Cbond 2 only
  • Dneither bond 1 nor bond 2

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